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THE BAY CITIES 



A COMFBEIIZS8IVE AND COSUENSED 



EXHIBIT OF THEIR TRADE, COMMERCE AND 
MANUFACTURES 

WITH AN IMPARTIAL PRESENTMENT 

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TABLE OF eeRTGRTS. 



Michigan— page 

Its History, Development, Kesources and 

Prospects 7 

The Educational System 8 

Religious Interests 8 

The Farming Interests .. . __ _ 8 

TheLuiiiher Inchistries . _. S 

The Salt Indnstrii-s 9 

Manufacturing; Industries __ __ _. 9 

Copper and Irnn Mines 9 

Railway Facilities .„ 9 

Bay City— 
Its Location, History, Attractions and 

Enterprises 11 

The City proper 12 

West Bay City 14 

Signal Service 15 

Manufactdres— 
Their Variety, Character, Volume and Im- 
portance 17 

Lumber and Lumber Manufacture 17 

The Salt Industries __. 18 

Miscellaneous Industries __. 18 

Openings for Enterprise _._ 18 

The Courts— 

United States Court 20 

Circuit Court of Bay County 20 

Probale Court 20 

Police Court 20 

Transportation Facilities— 

The First Railroad 21 

Flint & Pere Maniuette Railroad 22 

Michigan Central Railroad 22 

Battle Creek & Bay City Road 23 

The Belt Line Road _ 23 

Lake and River Navigation. _ __ .. 23 

Bav City Street Railway 21 

The Schools 24 

Telegraph and Telephone Service 25 

The Libraries— 

Bay t'ity Public Library _ __. _ 26 

Sage Public Library (West Bay City) 27 

Social Attractions 27 



Public Buildings— page 

(V)untv Court House 29 

Til.. County .lail 29 

The City Hall 29 

Government Building __ 29 

Bay City Government— 

The tity Water System 31 

Police Department 31 

The Fire Department. ... 31 

Electric I -ight Plant 32 

Sewerage System 33 

Municipal Assets and Liabilities 33 

Banks and Banking — 
The Fiscal Agencies, their Resources and 
Condition 33 

West Bay City Government— 

The Police Dnpartment _ 35 

The Fire Department 35 

West Bav City Water System 35 

Tlie Electric Light 35 

Sewerage System 35 

Proposed Consolidation of the Bay 
Cities .. 35 

Charitable Institutions— 

The Northwestern Hospital. 36 

Home for Aged Women ... 36 

Women's Charitable Union 36 

The Churches 37 

Vital Statistics 38 

Postal Statistics 38 

Real Estate 

Residence Property 39 

Business Property 39 

Store and Oifice Rentals _ 40 

Cost of Labor 40 

Bay City Gas Company .-. 40 

The Press 41 

Hotel Faciiities 41 

Representative Houses 43 

Index to Representative Houses 150 



PROMINENT ILLUSTRATIONS. 



page 

Arlington House 149 

Bay City Bank 76 

Bay County (V)urt House 2 

Bay National Bank 105 

Bissell & Mather HX 

Braddock, Bateman & Co 122 

Briscoe, B. H. & Co 89 

Center Avenue 16 

Dolsen, Cliapin & Co 104 

Emerv & McLaughlin 85 

Fifth Ward School 32 

Fraser House 41 

Garland, M 68 

Griswold. Albert B 114 

Hawley & Fitzgerald 70 

High School Building .: 24 

Interior New Opera House 28 

Logging Scene in the Pine Woods of Michigan 6 
Lumbermen's State Bank 91 



page 

Madison Avenue M. E. Church 14 

McDonald, J. N. &Son._ 95 

Merrill. Fiticld & Co.. 5 

Midland Street 34 

New C)pf-ra House 30 

Palace Livery Stable 130 

Perry, D. B 54 

Perry & Swaby 55 

Phcenix Block 19 

Rouecli House ._ 126 

Sage Public Library 26 

Second Niftional Bank... 45 

See Brothers _ 65 

Sherman, W. D 93 

Smalley Bros. & Co. (Valley Iron Works) 52 

Smith's Tug Line 146 

Thompson, Jay & Co 118 

Trinity Episcopal Church 37 

Washington Avenue 10 



PORTRAITS. 



page 

Bertch, Louis (deceased) 99 

Boutel, B . 147 

Davidson, Capt. James 42 

Fisher, Hon. S. O 56 

Emerson, C. M. 



page 

Odell, O. W __ 82 

Mansfield, Geo. W ._ 87 

Toohey. Thomas 148 

Smith, P. C 146 

Van Liew. E. S 108 



Hall, J. R 50 1 Van Walthausen. G. L. Frederick 116 



Copyrighted 1888 by A. N. Marquis & Company. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE ol)jcH't of this book is to furnish an intelligent, and, as far as 
possible, an accurate account of tlie industries of the Bay Cities. 
Their commerce, manufacturing and trade resources are briefly 
detailed, and a list of representative houses given. The facts liave been 
in the main derived througli individual efforts and from citizens, merchants 
and public men residing here. The publishers have also availed them- 
selves of data contained in all books upon the subjects treated, in addition 
to that found in the daily press. Suggestions made by those interested in 
the growth, development and prosperity of the Cities, and the opportuni- 
ties for the investment of capital, have likewise been adopted and incor- 
porated as far as it was thought practicable. 

Of the obstacles in the way of a faithful and an acceptable perform- 
ance of their duty in the premises, the publishers have been from the outset 
thoroughly sensible. To say that they have discharged such duty to their 
entire satisfaction is more than they can pretend. All that is claimed 
is an earnest desire to be correct. To be infallible in that behalf is 
impossible. Some errors may have occurred by trusting to what appeared, 
upon reasonable evidence, to be facts. Others, through the difficulties 
experienced in the collation of such facts. Their presence, however, is 
due to no lack of effort or diligence. 

The publishers tender their acknowledgments for the encouragement 
and information received by them, as also for a liberal pafonage — and for 
much else that may contribute to whatever of success that shall greet the 
succeeding pages. 



MICHIGAN. 



ITS HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS. 



THE history of Michigan, briefly told, is as follows: The present State was 
originally one of the French dependencies in North America. In 1763, that 
government deeded its right, title and interest in the premises to Great 
Britain, and in 1783, it was transferred to the United States. The State is bounded, 
on the north by Lake Superior and St. Mary's River; east by Lakes Huron, St. Clair 
and Erie; south by Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and west by Lake Michigan and the 
State of Wisconsin. The first settlement made here was by the French, during 1610, 
a colony locating about that time on the present site of Detroit, also establishing a 
trading post at Mackinaw. In 1800, the population had visibly increased, and in 1805, 
Gen. William Hull became governor. He was succeeded in 1812 by Lewis Cass, 
and in 181 8 the public lands were opened to sale. The following year, the territory 
was represented in Congress for the first time, and from that period the growth and 
development of Michigan dates. A State Constitution was framed in the Spring of 
1835, ratified by the people in October of the same year, and in January, 1837, 
Michigan was admitted into the Union as the twenty-sixth State. 

The State is divided into two peninsulas. The Upper Peninsula contains about 
one-third of the area of territory included in the limits of the State, and immense 
deposits of iron and copper formations which have been prosperously developed, 
almost from the date of the State's admission, and, notwithstanding the steady 
requisitions which have been made upon their resources, the mines are appar- 
ently inexhaustible. This section of the State is also covered with large forests of 
growing timber, that furnish material to supply the lumber industries in operation in 
the Southern Peninsula, and elsewhere. The surface of the country is rolling, in some 
portions mountainous — the Porcupine Range at intervals rising to a heighth of 2,000 
feet, below which are sandy plains and forests. The climate, except in the northwest 
Grand Traverse region near Lake Michigan, is cold; the geological formation is 
azoic, with mctamorphic slates, gneiss rocks, trap, etc.; the productions are timber 
and mineral ores. The .Southern Peninsula is a level, rich, fertile country of prairie 
and forests, watered by numerous streams and rivers, many of which are navigable, 
and afford the means of communication with distant points by steamers and vessels. 
Geologically, the Lower Peninsula is of limestone and sandstone, with well developed 
stratas of coal, salt and gypsum. The climate is mild, salubrious and healthful, 
greatly tempered by the lakes, and adapted to fruit growing. The principal products 
are wheat, corn, butter, cheese and wool; the ])rincipal manufactures, flour, woolens, 
lumber and salt. The State takes a high rank among those which compose the 
Federal Union, and in its leading advantages of soil, resources, timber and mining, 
as also in many other important particulars, is unsurpassed by any of the sisterhood of 
States. Since 1800, the population has increased from 551 to 2,000,000. Its svstem of 
internal improvements, schools, colleges, transportation facilities, manufacturing 
interests, commercial relations, religious societies, and other developments of a pro- 



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gressive and prosperous period, have been fostered and sustained, and are now in the 
enjoyment of that steady growth which comes after years of laborious and persistent 
effort. 

THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 

The schools and colleges of the State are peculiarly adapted to the wants of the 
community, and to the times. They include the University of Michigan, at Ann 
Arbor; the State Agricultural School, at Lansing; State Normal School, with other 
institutions of less prominence, and the common school system which obtains here, 
and which, with respect to discipline, moral training and instruction, is without its 
superior in any portion of the country where the system has been employed. For 
the past fifty years its growth has been substantial and permanent. At the com- 
mencement of the school year for 1887, the school population approximated 700,000, 
and the enrollment, 420,000. There were upward of 6,500 ungraded school districts, 
443 graded school districts, 7,209 schoolhouses, and the value of school property 
was stated at nearly $12,000,000, with a total revenue, from the primary school 
interest fund, township taxes, district taxes and other sources, amounting to upward 
of $4,600,000. The amount of trust funds upon which the State paid interest for 
educational purposes, was slightly over $4,000,000. 

RELIGIOUS INTERESTS. 

Since the days when Father Jacques Marquette visited the Northwestern territory, 
more than two centuries ago, religious interests have been maintained in Michigan, 
and the building of churches has marched in the van of improvement. There are at 
present about 3,100 church organizations in the State, and the value of church, 
property is not far front sixteen millions of dollars. 

THE FARMING INTERESTS. 

The agricultural resources of the State, particularly in the juower Peninsula, are 
rich and reliable, substantial and productive. The farms are highly cultivated, and 
their crops are annually large, embracing all the cereals, esculents, fruits and 
vegetables indigenous to the temperate zone, and of the best quality. Adopting the 
census of 1884 as a basis of calculation, the number of farms in Michigan cannot be 
far from 160,000, containing a total of 15,500,000 acres, with an average of 97 acres 
to each farm, representing an aggregate valuation of $573,000,000, or $40 per acre, and 
enlisting not far from 240,000 persons in their conduct and management. The 
cultivation of fruits for home consumption and export, is rapidly increasing in value 
and importance, and a steady demand exists for these productions in all the leading 
cities of the country. 

THE LUMBER INDUSTRIES. 

The lumber industries of the State, in extent and value, take precedence over 
all others, except agriculture. The timber district begins at the southern line of the 
counties of Bay, Saginaw, Gratiot, Montcalm, Newago and Muskegon, and extends 
as far north as Mackinaw. There are also considerable belts of timber in the Upper 
Peninsula. The lumber industries of Michigan have become prominent within the 
past quarter of a century, and in magnitude are not equalled by those of any State 
or country. During 1887, according to statistics on the subject, there were more than 
50,000 men employed in the manufacture of lumber, upward of $60,000,000 capital 
invested, and wages approximating $15,000,000 in amount paid out. The product of 
the mills in the State during the same year, was 4,162,317,778 feet of lumber and 
2,677,855,750 shingles, aggregating in value the sum of $65,043,825.50. 



THI-: ISDl'STRIKS OF Till: i:.\V CITIES. 



THE SALT INDUSTRIES. 

The development oi the salt industries began to take shape early in the Txd's. 
Prior to that period, the existence of salt layers in certain portions of the State was 
generally known, but little was done toward rendering them productive. Within the 
past twenty years, however, they have been made sources of large revenues, and 
have attained to conspicuous importance. The salt districts of the State are nine in 
number, including on the list the counties of Bay, Saginaw, Huron, St. Clair, Iosco, 
Midland, Manistee, Mason and Gratiot. During 1887, there were 132 firms engaged 
in the manufacture of salt, operating 142 salt blocks, and 4,500 covers, with a total 
capacity of 5,265,000 barrels of salt. The product for 1887, was 3,914,309 barrels, 
worth, at the prevailing price of that year, $2,249,734.47- A large force of men was 
employed and large amounts were paid as wages. There was a falling off in the 
manufacture for the year 1888, on account of the surplus on hand at the close of the 
year 1887. 

MAXUFACTURINCi INDL'.STKIES. 

Nearly all the leading manufacturing industries are represented in Michigan, and 
a steadily increasing activity is manifested in that department of usefulness. In 
many of the establishments thus engaged, the raw material is obtained in the timber 
districts of the State, and the amount of capital invested in these special establish- 
ments was upward of «;62,ooo,ooo in 1887, giving employment to a total of nearly 
54,000 hands, and, up to June ist of that year, paying in the neighborhood of 
517,500,000 as wages. On the ist of June, 1888, there was estimated to be 10,000 
manufacturing establishments in the State, representing an investment of $191,376,337. 
employing 200,000 hands, who were paid wages approximating $65,000,000. 

COPPER AND IRON MIXES. 

The copper mines of Michigan, about twenty-seven in number, are located in 
Keewenaw, Ontonagon, Houghton and Isle Royale Counties, in the extreme north- 
western portion of the Upper Peninsula. The iron mines are situated in the same 
section, and are double the number of the copper mines. In 1887, the capital 
invested in them was nearly $41,000,000 ; there were upward of 30,000 men employed 
in their development, and $6,000,000, in round numbers, were paid as wages. The 
output for that year was 40,000 tons of copper, and 4.393'853 1^"^ of iron, valued, the 
former at $8,800,000. and the latter at $23,000,000. 

RAILWAY FACILITIES. 

On the 1st of January, 1888, there were reported to be sixty-seven railway lines 
in operation in Michigan, with a total mileage estimated at 6,295.38, not including 
sidings or double tracks, nor upward of 500 miles of tracks used for logging purposes. 
The total ccst was also estimated at $604,150,375.50; the cost of operating same, at 
$60,000,000 ; the total revenue, at $89,715,872.95. and their total indebtedness approxi- 
mated at $350,000,000. The roads are well ijuilt, and their etjuipment and rolling 
stock are full and complete. 



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BAY CITY. 



ITS LOCATION, HISTORY, ATTRACTIONS AND ENTERPRISES. 



HALF a century ago, hardly a dozen white men resided within the present cor- 
porate limits of Bay City. The country was then a wilderness, occupied by 
the Indians. Up to the treaty of 1819, they remained in sole possession 
of the Saginaw Valley. This treaty was consummated largely through the influence 
of Stephen V. R. Riley, an Indian trader, whose power over the aborigines was 
almost supreme. To reward him for his labors, the government allowed Riley to 
select a tract of 640 acres for each of his three sons. The land selected for Riley's 
eldest son is now a portion of Bay City. The first person to locate in the present 
city was Leon Tromlaley, who came in 1831, followed by his family in the Fall of the 
same year. During 1834, John B. Trudell located in what now is the Fifth ward. In 
1835, Joseph Trombley reached here from Detroit, and settled in what afterward 
became the village of Portsmouth. Late in the same year, Medor Trombley joined 
his brother Joseph at Portsmouth, and with him conducted a store the latter, in the 
meantime, had opened. In July, 1836, Judge Albert Aliller purchased a tract of 
land of the Trombleys, and laid out the village of Portsmouth, which now forms a 
part of the Fifth and Sixth wards. The same summer, James Fraser, in conjunc- 
tion with others, purchased the 640 acres reserved to Riley's eldest son. The pur- 
chasers organized the Saginaw Bay Company, and appropriated 240 acres of the 
land thus acquired to the site of a town to l)e known as Lower Saginaw. The 
company, however, succumbed during the panic of 1837. In the winter of the latter 
year, Judge Miller, Cromwell Barney and B. K. Hall erected a mill at Portsmouth; 
a postoffice was also established there, with Judge Miller postmaster. In the Spring 
of 1838, Sydney S. Campbell, accompanied lay his family, located at Lower Saginaw, 
— the first permanent settler after the survey of the town, — and opened the Globe 
Hotel. Other buildings were erected that year, notably the bank building, at the 
present corner of Water and Fifth streets. 

From 1838 to 1844, the settlement of Lower Saginaw and Portsmouth was slow 
and unsatisfactory. During the interval, the scrip of the Saginaw Bay Company was 
acquired by James Fraser, Dr. D. H. Fitzhugh and others, who secured title to the land 
where Lower Saginaw had been located. Some few adventurous spirits identified 
themselves with the place, a store was opened by Frederick Backus, the township of 
Hampton was organized, religious services were conducted at occasional intervals, 
and, in 1844, a schoolhouse was built near the present site of the Detroit & Bay City 
Railroad depot. From this date, the building up of Bay City became an established 
fact. Settlers began to arrive; improvements were projected and completed; the 
Hampton postoffice, located here in 1843, ^^'^^ "full of business ;" regard was paid 
to the enforcement of the laws, and other incidents of progress were of frequent 
occurrence,— including the building of mills and the promotion of measures inaugu- 
rated for the development of the lumber industries, which have since grown to 
almost phenomenal jjroportions. .Among the loading arrivals, between 1844 and 



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1850, was J. B. Hart, B. B. Hart, F. J. Perrott, H. W. Sage, Daniel H. Fitzhugh, Jr., 
Curtis Munger, Edwin Park, Thomas Carney and wife, J. S. Barclay and wife, 
J. L. Hibbard, Alexander McKay and family, J. W. Putnam, and many others. In 
the latter year, additional improvements were made, in the way of residences, stores, 
and a hotel, known as the " Wolverton," was finished. During 1852, the cholera 
raged here; in 1853, the Methodist church, on Washington avenue, was dedicated; 
and in 1854, the " Java " — a sailing vessel— was completed and equipped here. There 
was little of importance occurred until 1858, beyond accessions to the number of 
inhabitants and an increase in the number of the improvements. In the latter year, 
the name of Lower Saginaw was changed to Bay City by an act of the legislature, 
and, in the winter of 1859, ^-^Y C^Y ^'^'^ incorporated as a village, of which Curtis 
Munger was elected President. The population at that time is said to have been 
nearly 800. In i860, the village began to thrive under the beneficent influences that 
were there assembled. The manufacture of salt commenced, saw-mills were added 
to the number already established, and for the ensuing five years a very considerable 
degree of prosperity was experienced. By 1865, the population had reached 3,359, 
and at a session of the legislature, held that year, the village was granted a city 
charter. The spring following, the city was organized by the election of municipal 
officers. In 1873, '^he village of Portsmouth became a part of Bay City proper, and 
for nearly a quarter of a century the history of the municipality has been the history 
of successful endeavors. 

THE CITY PROPER. 

Bay City is delightfully located on the east bank of the Saginaw River, five miles 
from its mouth. Its early settlement, incorporation as a village, and later as a city, 
are briefly stated above. It has advanced almost from the day of its birth. Follow- 
ing 1865, its growth has been steady and rapid. In 1870, the population was 7,064, or 
more than double that when incorporated as a city. In 1880, the population was 
20,693; and in 1888, it was estimated at between 35,000 and 37,000, with an assessed 
valuation of more than |;io,ooo,ooo. When incorporated, the cleared ground did not 
equal that which is now built up with houses. The city is situated upon a flat and 
relatively low tract of country, and, in the earlier days, may have been unpromising 
in appearance for a city's site. But enterprise, thrift and American " push " have 
built a city, than which there is none — in the State, at least — the future of which 
is so filled with brilliant possibilities. The city has a river frontage of about six and 
one-half miles, with a depth, to Forty-Third street, of two miles and upward. 

The streets east and west are numbered from one to forty-three; those north and 
south are named after the Presidents, from W^ashington to Grant. They intersect each 
other, forming blocks 200x300 feet in dimensions, and the greater proportion of them 
are paved. The buildings lining these thoroughfares are substantially built of brick 
or stone, many of them being triumphs of architectural skill. In the residence 
portion of the city, the structures are among the handsomest in the State, a large 
number of them occupying commodious and elaborately decorated plats of ground, 
forming a landscape replete with natural and artistic beauties. The railway facilities 
are complete and in successful operation. They include the Flint & Pere Marquette 
system, and the Michigan Central system, by means of which all points of import- 
ance in the State, as also in the South, East and West, are easy of access. In 1888, 
the Midland Railroad was completed to West Bay City, and within a year both cities 
will be in direct communication with St. Louis. The facilities for transportation by 
lake and river are not less complete. Daily lines of steamers ply between Bay City 
and the Saginaws; also, between the former and Alpena, where connection is made 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. '3 



for the Mackinaws and ports on Lake Michigan. Steamers also depart upon set 
days during the week, for Buffalo, Chicago and intermediate ports. The accommo- 
dations, both by rail and water, are fully up with the times, and the passenger and 
freight rates are not excessive. The Bay City Street Railway operates two lines, 
affording comfortable and rapid means of communication between the northern and 
southern portions of the city, also with Essexville. 

The lines of manufacture are varied, — those of lumber and" salt predominating. The 
remainder include manufactures of machinery, mill supplies, wagons and carriages, 
boilers, boxes, brick, brooms, beer, lime and cement, cigars, confections, drain 
and tile, fire brick and clay, furniture, granite, firearms, picture frames and mould- 
ings, pumps, rubber stamps, sails, saws, screen doors, soap, stencils, terra cotta, 
woodenware, etc. All of these are well equipped and do a large business in their 
respective departments. As stated, however, in another part of this book, there are 
opportunities for enterprise, in this field, which need only to be investigated; and 
citizens will cordially welcome, and make it an object for capitalists and others to 
undertake the establishment of additional facilities. The banking institutions are 
five in number, and well known for their substantial character. They represent a 
total capital of $750,000, carry deposits amounting to $1,849,322, and have a surplus 
of $225,141. 

The educational system is a striking feature in the multitude of attractions of Bay 
City. The system was established many years ago, and is under the management 
of a Board, composed of two members from each ward, one of which is elected 
annually, in September. The schools furnish unexceptional opportunities for securing 
a thorough education, practical and useful, for a successful career in life, or 
admission to collegiate institutions. The schoolhouses are handsome structures, 
well heated, ventilated and lighted, and furnished with a large corps of teachers. In 
addition to these, there are seven schools of a religious and miscellaneous character, 
at which between 1,200 and 1,500 pupils are enrolled, and taught in both elementary 
and advanced courses of instruction. The public library, under the management of 
a Board of Trustees, contains nearly 13,000 volumes, including books of history, 
romance, science, philosophy and art, and is open to all classes of people. 

The cause of religion is sustained by societies, nearly all of which have houses of 
worship, well built and elaborately furnished edifices. The Sabbath is made a day 
of rest, and the large attendance of communicants and others, at the various churches, 
is conclusive evidence of the moral and intellectual character of the population. 
By the terms of the new charter, the Mayor is elected biennially. The departments 
of police, fire, water, health and public works are under the control of Boards, 
severally assigned to each, and which direct their conduct. All of these depart- 
ments are managed judiciously and to the best advantage. They are efficient and 
invaluable auxiliaries to the municipal executive in the prevention of crime, the 
preservation of property, maintenance of the public health, and the promotion of 
good government. The courts are always available for the enforcement of rights or 
the redress of wrongs, and include Federal, State and city tribunals, each having 
several and independent jurisdiction. The city is lighted by electric lights, being 
the first city in the State to establish the system, and obtains pure water from 
Saginaw Bay by the Holly method. The health of the city has always been unsur- 
passed, and, as will be seen by reference to the city as a place of residence, — for 
commercial, financial and manufacturing purposes. Bay City has no rival in the 
State. Property can be purchased and leases obtained at reasonable rates and upon 
liberal terms. The compensation paid labor is above the general average, and the 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



cost of living below that paid in neighboring cities. Every facility that can promote 
the advantage of the city or its inhabitants, is employed, and all agencies that will 
contribute to the public welfare are adopted. Situated upon a river navigable for 
the largest craft, in the center of a highly-cultivated district, inhabited by an 
industrious, enterprising, law-abiding class of people, and possessing natural advan- 
tages that need no commendation, Bay City offers the most substantial inducements 
to the laborer, the manufacturer, the merchant and capitalist. Within another 
decade she will have forged to the front, second to no leading city in Michigan, in 
point of enterprise, growth, development and material prosperity. 



WEST BAY CITY. 

West Bay City, having a population approximating 15,00(5, includes the towns 
formerly known as Wenona, Banks and Salzburg. It is located on the west bank 
of the Saginaw River, directly opposite Bay City. The cities are connected by a 
railroad bridge and two other bridges, — one at Third street, completed in 1865, and 
one at Twenty-Third street, opened to the public during 1876. It is likely that a 
new bridge will be built at Third street in the near future, plans and specifications 
being in the course of preparation for the structure during October, 1888. 




NEW MAUISON AVENUE M. E. CHURCH— BAY CITY. 

The first settlement on the west side of the river was made, on what became the 
site of Salzburg, by Benjamin Cushway, who arrived in 1834, and acted as govern- 
ment blacksmith. He was followed by Solomon S. Stone and wife in 1842; in 
1844-45, Joseph Trombley, who had previously purchased 2,000 acres of land where 
the village of Banks was afterward surveyed, took possession of his property and 
began to permanently reside there. John Hays was among the earliest settlers in 
Wenona, which was known, up to 1864 or 1865, as Lake City, at which date the name 
was changed to Wenona, by H. W. Sage. During the decade concluding with the 



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year 1870, the influx of settlers, while not rapid, was steady. In 1867. it was incor- 
porated as a villajj;c, — the incorporation of banks followinjj in April, 1870. and that 
of Salzburg later still. Improvements were made at intervals in all of these settle- 
ments, consisting of those usual to growing, progressive villages. 

Various attempts were made, between 1871 and 1875, to annex Wenona, Banks and 
Salzburg to Bay City, but failed, as did efforts made in the latter year to consolidate 
Wenona and Salzburg. In 1877, however, the legislature adopted an act for the 
consolidation of the three villages into one municipality, under the corporate name 
of West Bay City. The city was divided into three wards, and an election was held 
June 1st of the same year, for city officers. In 1883, the charter was amended, 
increasing the number of wards, and otherwise providing for changes in the city 
government, which have resulted advantageously. At the time of the consolidation, 
each village retained its postoffice, a condition of affairs which has since remained 
unchanged. In December, 1881, a destructive fire visited West Bay City, originating 
in a tailoring establishment on Midland street, and extending in every direction. 
Before the flames were extinguished, they had inflicted damages amounting to 
$100,000, and, for a brief period, the march of improvement was stayed. In the 
Spring following, however, the burned district was rebuilt with brick structures, 
which remain monuments to the enterprise of citizens and ornaments to the city's 
highway of trade. During 1882, additional buildings were erected, both in the 
business and residence portions, that gave a metropolitan air to the city, both on 
account of their solidity and attractive styles of architecture, as also by reason of 
their tinibh and equipment. In a business point of view. West Bay City is admirably 
located. It has a river frontage of nearly four miles, upon which are located mills, 
lumber manufactories and the largest ship-yards on the lakes. 

The site of the city is elevated, the inhabitants energetic, capable, public-spirited 
citizens. The leading industries are lumber, salt and ship-building. The latter is 
represented by two yards, from which have floated some of the largest vessels known 
to marine circles. There are other manufactures, less conspicuous, but not less 
important, the details of which are given in another part of this volume. The city 
government is administered by a Mayor and Common Council; and the various 
departments of police, fire, water, sewage, public health, public works, etc., are 
conducted the same as in Bay City. The educational and religious systems are 
mentioned elsewhere; also, the Sage Library, the Lumbermen's State Bank and the 
press. In all its varied departments of business, culture and the agencies of manu- 
facture and trade, each year witnesses a steady and permanent growth. 

The city to-day presents a wonderful development within a brief period, and if 
its growth and advancement in the future are to be measured by that of the past. 
West Bay City, ten years hence, will have become a metropolis. An act has been 
passed by the legislature providing for the consolidation of the Bay Cities in .\pril, 
1891. Whether or no this shall be done, the progress of the cities cannot be delayed, 
and the opportunities presented by their incomparable location, will be rapidly 
improved by citizens and those attracted hither, to avail themselves in that behalf. 



SIGNAL SERVICE. 

Bay City was included in the Signal Service system of the country in 1887. The 
office is on Water street, opposite the Fraser House. Daily observations are taken 
of the weather, and flags indicating the probable condition of that element of 
uncertainty, are displayed from an elevated site, for the benefit of mariners and the 
public. 



MANUFACTURES. 

THEIR VARIETY, CHARACTER, VOLUME AND IMPORTANCE. 

0X1-: important, if not the most important instrumentality tliat has directed the 
IJay Cities along the highway of a prosperous career, are the manufacturing 
facilities available to enterprise and industry. They have been the means 
of attracting hither the class of inhabitants to whose efforts countries are indebted 
for their development, and communities for their prosperity and advancement. The 
growth of the cities dates from the inception of manufacturing industries here. It 
has been permanent and substantial, progressive and prosperous. The population 
to-day, closely approximating fifty-five thousand souls, is largely engaged in occupa- 
tions connected with productive resources, bringing to their aid, in their varied 
lines of duty, an invaluable fund of enterprise, energy and industry, and impressing 
their individuality upon all the departments of commercial and financial endeavor. 

LUMBER AND LUMBER MANUFACTURE. 

The lumber industries have contributed more effectively to the pre-eminence of 
the Bay Cities as manufacturing centers, than any other single agency. They are of 
the first importance, have attained to proportions little less than phenomenal and 
exert a wide-spread and beneficial influence. The first mill erected here was begun in 
October, 1836, and completed during the following April. The field thus opened has 
since been largely occupied and developed, and the immediate sources of supply then 
relied upon, become exhausted, or of limited dimensions. Within the past few 
years the manufacturers have been obliged to seek more distant territory for the 
raw material, in which they have been aided by the extension of railroad facilities 
into timber districts, as far north as the Straits of Mackinaw. Heretofore, the main 
supply has come from the counties included in the Saginaw River District, by the 
Tittabawassee, Chippewa, Flint, Cass, Pine and other rivers tributary to the Saginaw; 
also from points on the Flint and Pere Marquette, and the Saginaw Division of the 
Michigan Central roads, in addition to supplies from the Saginaw Bay District, drained 
by the Pine, Rifle, Au Gres and other streams contiguous to the Saginaw Bay. At 
present, very many thousand feet of logs are railed and rafted from the lumber 
camps of the Northern Peninsula, hundreds of miles to Bay City, and that portion 
of the State is coming to be depended upon as the base of supply, though the 
country tributary to shipping points along the north shore, between the Bay Cities and 
Alpena, furnishes large consignments to the mills here. The manufacture in the Bay 
Cities during 1887 will give a fair estimate of the volume of business done here, though 
it has been stated that it is only "a fairly creditable showing." In that year, there 
were 32 mills in operation in the Bay Cities, from about May ist until the early part 
of November. Their total cut was 399.457,458 feet of pine, and 3,953,000 feet of 
hardwood lumber, making an aggregate of 403,410,458 feet. Little attention has 
been paid to the manufacture of hardwood lumber, as will be seen from the above 
statement ; but the vast quantity of hardwood awaiting the harvest, will, in the near 
future, bring this article of consumption into prominence for manufacturing purposes, 
and its products into importance as factors of supply and demand. The other manu- 
factures in this line for 1887 embrace 71,800,000 shingles, 53,656,550 laths, 16,237,950 
staves, and 638,000 sets of heading. The total shipments foot up 347,741,000 feet of 
lumber, and 59,585,000 shingles. The future holds out bright prospects for this industry. 



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THE SALT INDUSTRIES. 

The manufacture of salt, scarcely less important than that of lumber in its rela- 
tion to the prosperity of the Bay Cities, is of comparatively recent origin. The 
existence of salt deposits in the Saginaw Valley was established during the thirties. 
In 1838 their development was attempted, but abandoned, owing to lack of funds. 
In February, 1859, the legislature made an appropriation to aid in that object, and in 
March, i860, companies were organized here for the manufacture of this commodity. 
Operations in the way of boring for salt were at once inaugurated, and have since 
been prosecuted with steadily increasing results. Within the quarter of a century 
that has since elapsed, this industry has become permanent. A very large capital 
has been invested, employment given to a correspondingly large force of operatives, 
and the annual product during the years from 1869 to 1888 has materially increased, 
though there was a decrease in the amount of salt inspected in 1887, from that of 
1886, in the Bay Cities. During that year there were 32 salt companies in operation 
here, with 34 steam salt blocks, and 500 solar salt covers, having a total manufactur- 
ing capacity of 1,300,000 barrels of salt. Their entire output amounted to 891,462 
barrels; the total product of the State for eleven months of the sam.e year, to 
3,914,309 barrels. The products of this line of manufacture are unsurpassed by 
those of any undertaking, similarly engaged, in the world. They are rigidly inspected 
under the State law, and a greater part of the same is handled by the Michigan Salt 
Association, for account of the manufacturers, being shipped principally to the West 
and Northwest. 

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES. 

The range of manufacture carried on in the Bay Cities is as comprehensive as the 
demand for their products is large and increasing. While lumber and salt are 
leading and representative, other lines have become established, and their goods are 
sold in nearly every market in the country. The field for the manufacture of 
machinery, boilers, mechanical tools and implements, is by no means occupied, and 
affords inducements for the investment of capital that cannot be over-estimated. 
While the number of foundries and machine shops is comparatively limited, with a 
total force, in round numbers, of 700 hands, they represent very large interests, and 
the value of their output is equally extensive. The manufacture of clothing has of 
late years begun to obtain here, and now gives employment to about 150 operatives; 
also that of carriages, wagons, buggies and other vehicles, in which industry a similar 
number of artisans are constantly employed. In the lines of flour, furniture, wooden- 
ware, dressed beef, the fisheries, soap, boots and shoes, malt liquors, cigars, book 
binderies and other miscellaneous industries, the number is larger than ordinarily 
found in cities of the same number of inhabitants, and gives steady employment to 
a total force of a trifle less than 1,000 bread-winners. All of these undertakings 
are conducted with an enterprise characteristic of the entire population. Another 
important industry is that of ship-building, in which nearly 1,400 men are employed, 
and an immense amount of money enlisted. The product of their handiwork enjoys 
a reputation for substantiality and durability not surpassed by that of any ship-yard 
on the lakes, from Duluth to Buffalo. 

OPENINGS FOR ENTERPRISE. 

As above stated, the Bay Cities need additional facilities in many lines of manu- 
facture. Their situation is so advantageous for shipping and receiving, that freight 
rates can be obtained at a minimum figure, and the facilities for a successful conduct 
of operations are of a superior character. 



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There are openings here for capital and enterprise to engage in many lines of pro- 
ductive industry. Profit would accrue particularly from the establishment of furni- 
ture and chair factories, for the manufacture of carriages and wagons, wooden-ware, 
sash, doors and blinds, as also for the manufacture of many other articles in which 
wood is the chief constituent. The hardwood lumber regions included in the counties 
of Otsego, Auburn, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Charlevoix and Montgomery, are easily 
.acccssiljle, ami also diroctlv tributarv to the Ray Cities, and will furnish inexhaustible 




PUUKMX BL'1LU1.N(». 

•quantities of maple, beech, birch, cherry, butternut, walnut and other woods, specially 
adapted to the uses above referred to, and which can be delivered here at compara- 
tively low rates. These counties are, in a measure, depended upon to supply the 
factories of Grand Rapids, and such supplies, on their way thither, pass by our doors. 
Profit would also accrue from the establishment hereof car shops, tanneries, canning 
and preserving works, foundries, cloth and yarn mills, paint and oil works, agricul- 
tural tool and implement works, tobacco manufactories, and from the manufacture 



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of the innumerable list of articles included under the caption of " Miscellaneous." 
If the present absence of many of these were supplied, not only would citizens wel- 
come their advent, but make it an object to whomsoever would undertake the 
venture. His Honor, Mayor Wright, in his last annual message to the Common 
Council, called attention to this subject. " I am of opinion," says the Mayor, " that 
the city should extend some encouragement to manufacturing industries to locate 
with us. * * * If we do not promote the growth of such establishments, either 
by founding them ourselves or inducing them to locate here, our development and 
prosperity will be arrested." Such encouragement the residents of the Bay Cities 
are ready to extend : to seek it is to obtain it. 



THE COURTS. 



UNITED STATES COURT. 

ON February 28, 1887, Congress passed an act providing that thereafter two or 
more terms of the United States Circuit and District Courts, for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, should be held in Bay City at such times as such 
Courts should appoint. In obedience to this Congressional mandate, Judge H. B. 
Brown, United States Circuit Judge in and for the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 
issued an order carrying out the provisions of the act, and announcing, that until 
further notice, the terms of said courts would begin on the third Tuesdays of May 
and October of each year, and that the court would sit in the Bay County court house. 
The first term was held in October, 1887, and court has since occupied apartments in 
that building at succeeding terms. 

CIRCUIT COURT OF BAY COUNTY. 

The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Michigan was created in 1859, by 
act of the legislature. It is composed of the counties of Bay and Arenac, and there 
are four terms of court held each year, commencing on the first Tuesday of March, 
September and December, and the third Tuesday of June. 

PROBATE COURT. 

The Probate Court began operations here in 1858. It holds semi-weekly sessions, 
Mondays and Fridays being the days upon which pending causes are heard and 
determined. 

POLICE COURT. 

The Police Court of Bay City was organized in 1888, in accordance with an act of 
the legislature providing therefor. This court has jurisdiction over criminal cases 
originating within the corporate limits of the municipality, the Recorder's court 
possessing jurisdiction over violations of the city ordinances. In addition to these, 
there are four justices of the peace, one elected each year for a term of four years, 
having jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases. In West Bay City there is a 
Recorder and four justices of the peace, who are endowed with official prerogatives 
similar to those exercised by the same officers in Bay City. 



TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 



THE systems of transportation available in the Bay Cities, both natural and 
acquired, contain a preface to the cities' successful career. A preface, too, 
eloquent with Truth — a happy prolotjue, even, to that imperial theme. Pro- 
jected for the general good, which they have advanced, maintained and extended 
for the promotion of the general welfare, they have more than equalled anticipa- 
tions, and fully realized the rose-colored expectations born of their design and 
object. Complete in their equipment and appointments, they are managed in 
accordance with a policy that has resulted in the material development of t^e wonder- 
ful resources indigenous to this portion of the country. Yet the intelligence and 
enterprise of the public-spirited citizens of the Bay Cities propose additional facili- 
ties, both by rail and water ; facilities that will bring producers and consumers into 
more intimate association, and more conclusively solve the equation of supply and 
demand. With such advantages, proposed and in progress of completion, the means 
of communication enjoyed by the Bay Cities will be superior to those of contem- 
porary cities in all portions of Michigan. Advantages of this character cannot 
escape the consideration of capitalists seeking localities for investment ; of the 
manufacturer, the merchant or the householder, desiring to extend their fields of opera- 
tion, or to establish a home. And when the value of such advantages is enhanced 
by safe and reliable accommodations, with low rates of transportation, they become 
agencies of influence and importance in the growth and progress of improvements 
of every community. Such, at least, is the record of history, not alone of the Bay 
Cities, but of all conspicuous municipalities— and the record of the past is a guide to 
the present and the to come. 

THE FIRST RAILROAD. 

The first steps toward building a railrf)ad from the Bjy Cities to distant points 
were taken early in the ■6o"s. In 1863, a company was organized to construct a line of 
railway connecting Bay City with East Saginaw. James Eraser was president; and 
in February, 1864, the project received an impetus througii the adoption of an act by the 
legislature, providing for the issue of 575,000 of Bay County bonds, in aid of the under- 
taking. The act stipulated, however, that no part of the bonds should be available 
until one-half the right of way had been graded. The citizens of Bay City, in this 
emergency, subscribed $40,000 to the enterprise, and work was commenced. Upon 
the retirement of Mr. Eraser from the presidency, James Birney was elected to the 
vacancv, and operations were prosecuted with increased vigor, under the superin- 
tendence of A. S. Munger. In September, 1867, the $75,000 Bay County bonds were 
issued, and such as remained undisposed of to subscribers were assigned to Samuel 
Farwell, Dr. H. C. Potter and others, as consideration for the tracking and e(]uip- 
ment of the road. During the same month and year, the franchise was tranfcrred 
to the Flint & Perc Marciuette Company, and on the 30th of September, 1867. the 
payment of the principal and interest of the Bay County bonds was guaranteed by 



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the latter corporation. The road was completed and in operation on November 23, 
1867, and has since been the most important and prosperous branch of the FHnt & 
Pere Marquette system. The year after its completion, the track, which had been 
finished to Eleventh street, was extended to the Saginaw River. 

FLINT & PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD. 

The first railroad built in the Saginaw Valley, was the Flint & Pere Marquette. 
It was organized in January, 1857; the grading of its road-bed completed in August, 
1859, and the road formally opened January 20, 1862. Its main line extends from 
Monroe, four miles distant from Lake Erie, to Ludington, on Lake Michigan — a dis- 
tance of 254 miles — continuing from Monroe to Toledo, 25 miles, and from Wayne 
to Detroit, 55 miles, over the tracks of the Michigan Central. Its branches include 
the Bay City Division, extending from Flint to Bay City, tn'a East Saginaw, the Flint 
River, Mt. Pleasant and Harrison Divisions; also, the branch from Manistee ta 
Ludington, which, with the sidings, switching tracks, etc., comprehend a total of 211 
miles in addition. The road owns its own parlor, sleeping and drawing room cars,. 
and runs a train every day from Bay City, Detroit and Toledo with them attached,. 
and also runs a train every night with a Pullman car from Bay City and Saginaw tO' 
Chicago. The company, in addition, operates a daily line of steamers, established 
in 1876, between Ludington, Manistee, Milwaukee and Chicago. The main line of 
road, crossing Michigan diagonally from southeast to northwest, passes through 
rich agricultural and lumber districts, and is an influential agency for the trans- 
portation of these products to market. The road is substantially constructed, and 
its facilities and equipment of rolling stock are of the most modern and approved 
standard. The present officers of this company are, W. W. Crapo, President; H. C. 
Potter, Vice-President; H. C. Potter, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; David Edwards, 
Assistant General Manager; Sanford Keeler, Superintendent; W. F. Potter, Assistant 
Superintendent; Arthur Patriarche, General Freight Agent; A. W. Newton, Land 
Commissioner; W. L. Webber, Solicitor, and Gilbert W. Ledlie, Auditor. The gen- 
eral offices of the road are in East Saginaw. See map of this road inside of front 
cover. 

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. 

The Michigan Central system in operation between Bay City as a distributing 
point, and the northern, southern, western and central portions of the State, 
furnishes invaluable facilities. The three divisions included in the system of which 
Bay City is the headquarters, consist of the Saginaw Division from Bay City to 
Jackson, 116 miles, and completed in 1867; the Bay City Division between this city 
and Detroit, 108 miles, completed during 1873; '^^'^ the Mackinaw Division hence to 
Mackinaw City, 182 miles, to which it was extended from Gaylord during 1882. Its 
main line and branches extending through the most fertile and highly cultivated 
districts; through the immense lumber belt of the Northern Peninsula; through 
localities wherein the manufacture of lumber products is the leading industry, and 
through sections of the State in progress of development and improvement. The 
system has been and is a prominent factor in the growth of the Bay Cities, and affords 
opportunities for the extension of their financial, commercial and manufacturing" 
influence, commanding as they are available. In addition to the divisions mentioned, 
the Michigan Central operates a branch from Pinconning to Gladwin, and renders, 
the immense stretch of country, bordering upon the west shore of Lake Huron, 
between Alpena and the Bay Cities, accessible to the latter, and largely dependent upon 
them, not only as a base of supplies, but as the market for its consignments of logs and 



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lumber, which arc daily shipped here by the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena to Alger, 
thence by the Michigan Central. The road and its branches are of the highest order 
of construction, and the policy of its management has always been liberal. See map 
of this road inside of back cover. 

BATTLE CREEK & BAY CITY ROAD. 

The foundation for this line of road was primarily laid in 1874. A considerable 
portion of the line hence to Midland was graded and made ready for the track, when 
further operations were suspended. In 1888 the project was revived and its construc- 
tion re-commenccd. It will be known as the Southwestern System, and extends from 
the Bay Cities to St. Louis, Mo., 7na Midland, Battle Creek, Goshen, Ind., and other 
available points. When work was resumed the Bay Cities subscribed $30,000 to the 
enterprise. Track-laying began in November, and trains, between Midland and 
West Bay City, began running before the year closed. When completed this road 
will prove an invaluable acquisition to the Bay Cities, as it will open a market for 
their products at points in the Missouri Valley and along the highways of trade 
extending to the Gulf, now inaccessible. 

THE BELT LINE ROAD. 
Among the improvements contemplated in the way of transportation facilities, is 
the construction of a Belt Line Road. It is proposed to start from an available point in 
the northern part of the city, and thence proceed to Essexville, by a route to be here- 
after determined. The object of the undertaking is to afford an entrance into the 
city for other roads, also for the convenience of manufacturing industries, present 
and prospective. The route has been surveyed and two companies are considering 
plans for its construction. Those in a position enabling them to speak, declare that 
the enterprise will be in operation within a year. 

LAKE AND RIVER NAVIGATION. 
The industries of Bay City, in a large measure, owe their development and 
wonderful growth to the almost unequalled facilities offered for the receipt and 
shipment of commodities by way of the river and lakes. .-Vt an early day these were 
the only means accessible for transporting passengers or freight, and, while the com- 
pletion of the railroads has materially affected the volume of passenger traffic, the con- 
veyance of freight, particularly lumber and salt in vessels owned here and chartered, 
has not been seriously interrupted, especially during the season of lake navigation. 
To furnish the demand for bottoms hence to Buffalo, Tonawanda, Cleveland, Detroit, 
Chicago and elsewhere, a large fleet of propellers, steam barges and vessels are kept 
in commission, and supply accommodations for an immense amount of tonnage. 
The business is managed with ability and is prosperous, each season's returns show- 
ing increased equipment and carrying capacity, and adding to the importance of the 
Bay Cities as shipping ports. Two lines of steamers ply daily between Bay City and 
Saginaw, arriving and departing from each terminus of the route on schedule time, 
and making landings along the route. They carry both freight and passengers, and 
are sources of convenience to the trade and the public. A daily line of steamers is 
also operated between Bay City and Alpena, making landings at Alabaster, Tawas 
City, East Tawas, Au Sable, Oscoda, Greenbush and Harrisville. The steamers 
employed are handsomely equipped, and occupy about fourteen hours in making the 
run from port to port. There are, in addition, a large number of tugs for service in 
the harbor, also for the towage of rafts of logs from the pineries, and this branch of 
the transportation system is adequate to the demands made upon its resources. 



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BAY CITY STREET RAILWAY. 

The Bay City Street Railway Company was organized in 1865, and the road con- 
structed from Third street to Portsmouth. In 1875 the line was extended to 
McGraw's Mill, and ten years later to Essexville. In 1886 a double track was laid 
on portions of the route, thereby increasing its facilities for rapid transit between 
Bay City, Essexville and South Bay City. The company now operates ten miles of 
road of four feet, eight and one-half inch guage, laid with forty-two pound and 
eighty-seven pound "T" rail. The equipment includes seventeen one-horse and 
three double cars and sixty-five horses. Employment is given to a force of thirty-five 
men, and the cars are run on schedule time. The fare is five cents. 



THE SCHOOLS. 



THE public school system in operation in the Bay Cities is complete, efficient 
and invaluable to the cause of education, and through all time will remain an 
imperishable monument to the enterprise and patriotism of its founders and 
defenders. The schools of Bay City were organized under an act of the legislature, 
approved March 20, 1867, by which the Union School District was created. In 1869 
the schools were graded and brought up to a high standard. They are under the 
control of a Board of Education, consisting of twenty-two members, one being 

















HIGH SOHOOL BUILDING. 



elected each year, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the legislature, 
adopted in 1885, under which women are eligible as trustees, two being elected such 
at the election in September, 1886. The course includes twelve years or four years each 
in the primary, grammar and high schools. In addition to these the system also 
embraces a training school, established in 1873, and an undergraded school in 1886. 
Pupils are permitted to the primary department during the first two weeks of the 
first, and the first week of the second or third term; they are admitted to other 
grades at all times upon passing an examination. The cur-tHculiim is several and 



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complete in all departments, including besides the regular course, German and 
music, bcintj adajJlL-d in ail departments to securing to pupils a practical education, 
also furnishing facilities for obtaining a higher education, as graduates of the course 
here are permitted to matriculate at the State University without examination. 
Admissions to the public schools are free, and the school year of forty weeks is 
divided into three terms, one of which is sixteen and two twelve weeks each. There 
are ten public school buildings in the city, seven of which are brick and three of 
frame, and represent an aggregate valuation of $188,500. With the exception of the 
three frame structures, all these buildings are two-story edifices, of brick, substantially 
constructed and furnished, and equipped with every facility for the promotion of the 
cause, for the success of which their occupancy is maintained. During 1888 the sum 
of Si6,ooo, was expended in the enlargement and improvement of some of the 
iniildings. A force of seventy-seven teachers, exclusive of the superintendent, are 
employed, and the salaries for the fiscal year ending March 22, 1888, amounted to 
$33,673.25; the total cost of conducting the schools for the same period being 
$74,401.57. This amount is derived from the interest on primary school moneys, 
received from the sale of school lands by the State; fines for the violations of 
municipal ordinances, which go to the public library fund generally; the one mill 
tax, imposed by the State law for the payment of salaries, and the annual city school- 
tax budget, appointed by the Board of Education, subject to amendment and 
ratification by the Common Council. The school census in 1888 was 8,013, and the 
enrollment 3,098. The following statistics for the past ten years, will evidence the 
steady growth of the schools: In 1878, the school census was 4,385, the enrollment 
2,160; in 1879, census 4,211, enrollment 2,484; 1880, census 5,411, enrollment 2,402; 
1881, 5,153, and 2966; 1882, 6,313 and 3,185; 1883, 6,762 and 3,316; 1884, 7,578 and 3,301 ; 
1885, 7,651 and 5,515; 1886, 7,315 and 3,657; 1887, 7,293 and 3,836. The school system 
of West Bay City is equally efficient, and of equally high merit. The schools there are 
conducted under the same legislative enactment, and afford the fullest complement 
of educational facilities to pupils. The school census for 1888 was 3,612 and the 
enrollment 1,522, divided among the ten schools, which were crowded to repletion, 
and more room will be required before the close of the scholastic year to accom- 
modate the rapid increase in the number of daily attendance. The expense of con- 
ducting the schools for the year 1888-9, was estimated at $25,710, less the two-mill 
tax and primary money aggregating $4,500; leaving $21,210 as the net cost to the city 
of their support. In addition to these agencies for the dissemination of knowledge, 
both cities contain parochial and private schools, including among the latter a 
lousiness college in Bay City, The schools embraced under the divisions other than 
public, excel in their various departments, and furnished additional inducements for 
the election of the Bay Cities, as places of residences and for other purposes. 



TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE. 

The Bay Cities are amply supplied with telegraph and telephone facilities. The 
former furnishes direct communication with Detroit, Toledo, Mackinaw, .Mpena, 
Chicago and elsewhere, and the United or Michigan Postal System is abundantly 
equipped for operations in its special lines. The telephone service was introduced 
here nearly ten years ago, and has steadily grown in favor. A large number of 
instruments are in use here, and wires extend to cities adjoining and at a distance, 
affordintr direct means of communication, satisfactory and at reasonable rates. 



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THE LIBRARIES. 



BAY CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

The Public Library Association of Bay City was organized in the Fall of 1869,, 
and the articles of association filed in December of the same year, its incorporation 
following during January of the year succeeding. Within two years from that date ■ 
3,000 volumes had been collected. In 1874, the amounts derived from fines and 
penalties for violations of municipal ordinances, set apart by law for the benefit of 
school district libraries, with other sums, aggregated $2,899.25, and was subject to- 




SAGE PUBLIC LIBRABY. 

disposal by the Board of Education. The Library Association, about this time, pro- 
posed the surrender of its collection of books to the Board of Education, in consider- 
ation of the latter's appropriating the sums at its disposal, to the establishment of a 
public library. This proposition was accepted, and the transfer completed in the 
same year. During the session of the legislature of 1877-8, an act was adopted pro- 
viding for the appointment of a Board of six trustees for the government and 
management of the library, since when, the latter has been directed by such Board, 
of which the Mayor of the city is ex-officio President. The library is located at 
the corner of Sixth and Adams streets. Prior to 1887, it was located on Washington. 



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avenue. Requiring more space, the premises now occupied were erected by the 
Wood Opera House Company, and leased to the city for ten years. In that year, they 
were taken possession of by the library, and arc still in use. The institution is 
well managed and contains a total of thirteen thousand volumes. 

SAGE PUBLIC LIP.RARV, WEST BAY CITY. 

The residents of West Bay City arc indebted to Henry W. Sage, formerly residing 
there, but now of Ithaca, N. Y., for the library facilities they to-day enjoy. The Sage- 
Library building occupies a prominent site on Midland street, opposite the West- 
minster Presbyterian Church. It was commenced in 1882, and completed the year 
following, at a total cost, including the valuation of the library, of $43,250. Its dedi- 
cation occurred in January, 1884. The building is two and one-half stories high, and 
56.\90 feet in dimensions. The lower floor is occupied for class-room purposes, and 
the second floor for the use of the library and reading-room, the latter being also 
occupied by the Sage Library Literary Society, which holds semi-monthly meetings, 
at which debates are had, essays read, and musical exercises conducted. The library 
now contains between twelve and thirteen thousand volumes, and has a membership 
of 1,518. The purchase of books is made from a fund of S2,6oo, of which Mr. Sage 
annually donates Si, 000, the balance being furnished by the city. The yearly cost of 
maintaining the library is twelve hundred dollars. 



SOCIAL ATTRACTIONS. 



THE cosmopolitan character of the population of the Bay Cities, is attested by 
the fact, that nearly every nationality is represented among residents. Of 
course, the great mass of the inhabitants are of American birth, but the 
presence of many of foreign birth is accompanied by the result that the social 
amenities prevailing in the land of their nativity, are perpetuated in the cities of their 
adopted residence. These, combined with those of the same character indigenous to 
America, afford superior opportunities for social hospitality and benevolent purposes 
in the Bay Cities. In addition to the Young Men's and Bachelors" Clubs, there is the 
Bay City Club, occupying rooms in the Opera House Block. It was organized in 
1886, and its annual reception, during the winter season, is a feature of social life here. 
It has 202 members. The Bay County Sportsmen's Club is the principal organization 
of its kind in the Valley. It has 250 members, and owns a boat house and shooting 
grounds at Essexville. Its objects are sporting amusements, and in the winter a 
series of parties are given by the club at the club house, which are largely attended. 
Aside from these, there arc eleven Masonic lodges, one conclave and one council; 
ten lodges of Odd Fellows, two of United Workingmen, three of Good Templars, one 
Knights of Pythias, one of the Protection Order of Elks, one Knights of Honor, four 
Knights of Labor, two of Chosen Friends, two singing societies, and about thirty 
miscellaneous societies, of various nationalities, of a religious, benevolent, social, 
literary, athletic, medical and scientitic characters. In all the varied departments of 
amusement, education and recreation, above referred to, the Bay Cities afford 
unsurpassed opportunities and inducements. The Bay County Agricultural Society, 
organized in 1865. occupies the grounds, formerly owned by the Bay County Driving 
Park Association, with handsome buildings, a fast track and other equipments^ 



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where fairs are held annually, and where the exhibits are of a very superior order. 
One military company is also included among the organizations of the cities, 
Company D, Third Regiment, Michigan State Troops. The Young Men's Christian 
Association, of Bay City, was organized in May, 1885. The objects of the association 
are the improvement of the spiritual, mental, social and physical condition of young 




INTERIOR NEW Ui'iSilA UOUSE. 



men. It occupies the building at the corner of Center and Washington avenues, and 
its maintainance and support is obtained from subscriptions and membership fees. 
The present roll of members contains 200 names. The Bay County Medical Society 
was organized in 1886. It is composed of the licensed practitioners of the county, 
and its object is the promotion of the professional interest of members- Meetings 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 2» 



are held on the second Tuesday of the mnntli, and tlu- exercises include the rcading^ 
of essays and the discussion of questions suggested by some, as also of those growing 
out of the practice. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

The public buildings of Bay City are of the most iinprttentious character. I'hus 
far. efforts in the direction of architectural development seem to have been 
'imited to private undertakings. The residence quarter of the city presents an 
array of mansions that, for design and finish, are unsurpassed in the State. The same 
may be said of a number of the business houses, but the public buildings are not in 
harmony with their surroundings, though comfortable and adequate. In the near 
future, however, that Bay City will supply this deficiency with structures in keeping 
with the demands of the times, there can be no doubt. 

COUNTY COURT HOUSE. 

The Bay County Court House is located on a plat of ground enclosed by Center 
and Madison avenues and Jefferson street. It is of brick, two and one-half stories 
high, and contains accommodations for the county courts and officers. The building 
was commenced in 1868, and completed during 1869, at a cost of S40,ooo. 

THE COUNTY J.ML. 

The Bay County Jail fronts on Center avenue, and is directly opposite the Court 
House. It is also built of brick, and is completely equipped for the uses to which it 
is devoted. The premises were completed in 1872, and cost $15,000. 

THE CITY HALL. 

The premises occupied by the municipal authorities are of brick, and located on 
Saginaw street, near Center avenue. Thev were purchased for their present use ten 
years ago, and remodeled and re-arranged at a total expenditure of Sio.ooo. They 
contain the city offices, Common Councd chamber, and are being, in part, used as the 
central police station. 

GO\'ERNMENr BUILDING. 

There is no Federal building in Bay City. .\t a recent session of Congress, an 
appropriation of $200,000 was made for the erection of a government building here. 
Of that sum $100,000 is now available, and the building will be commenced immedi- 
ately a site has been obtained. During the Fall of rSSS those having the matter 
in charge were undecided whether to purchase the present site of the Brunswick 
Hotel, on Washington avenue, or locate the proposed improvement elsewhere. The 
plans contemplate the erection of a public edifice, that will not only be regarded as a 
model of architectural superiority and substantial construction, but an ornament to 
the city and State. LIntil the preliminary steps now in progress regarding the pro- 
posed site are disposed of, nothing can be determined upon with reference to this 
improvement. 




THE NEW OPERA HOUSE. 



Bay City government. 



THE city is well orj^anizcd in its executive and le{:jislative departments — police, 
fire, health, law, finance, education and other departments of municipal jjovcrn- 
ment are properly and commendably manaj^cd. The Mayor, members of 
the Board of Aldermen, Comptroller, School Board, Treasurer, and some minor 
•officials, are elective, others being appointive. 

THE CITY WATER SYSTEM. 
The supply of water furnished consumers is obtained from Saginaw Bay, the 
water-works being located on North Water street, at a distance of about four miles 
from the city. The Holly system has been utilized for the purpose, and the engine first 
•employed possessed a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. With the 
growth and development of the city, however, this amount was found inadequate to the 
public needs, and, during 1886, an engine of the Gaskill pattern, with capacity to pump 
4,000,000 gallons, was added to the equipment. There was, up to 1888, a total 
length of 25 '^ miles of mains of iron and Wyckoff pipe connected with the works, 
and 180 public hydrants in use. On the ist of October of the latter year, 2|^ miles 
of mains were added, also 25 public hydrants, making a total of 27^ miles of mains 
and 205 public hydrants — the complement of appliances for distributing water 
through the city at present. The total cost of working the system was Si 5.323.25 for 
the year ending January i, 1888, of which amount 56,900 was paid for salaries. It is 
under the direction of a Board of seven commissioners. 

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
The Police Department consists of one chief, one captain, two sergeants, one 
court officer, one sanitary and truant officer and fifteen patrolmen, under the control 
of a Board of five commissioners. The metropolitan system, under which the 
department is managed, was introduced here in 1880, and has been found efTcctual. 
The service rendered is acceptable to citizens, there being an apparent absence of 
the crimes which are prevalent in cities of lesser importance. The expenses of the 
department for the current year are $15,402.88, including salaries. The headquarters 
of the force are at the City Hall, on Saginaw street, near Center avenue. 

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
The present Fire Department of Bay City is managed under the " paid system," 
which superseded the old volunteer system in all the leading cities of the country, 
years ago. The first efforts toward the organization of the fire brigade here, were 
inaugurated at an early day, but it was not until i860 that they took shape and grew 
into substantial reality. The department, as then constituted, was subjected to the 
same experience in the procuring of engines, equipments, etc., that has attended 
similar undertakings, but, in spite of the handicaps that weighed down their efforts, 
became efficient and proficient in their lines of duty. In the Spring of 1887, the 
legislature adopted an act for the re-organization of the department here, and for its 
management by a Board of Commissioners. The department consists of one chief 
engineer, two assistant engineers, six captains, six drivers, seventeen hosemen, and 
two ladder and axe men, making a total of thirty-four men, seven of whom are full 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



paid, and the remainder call-men. The equipment embraces five first-class hose- 
carriages, five first-class hose-sleighs, one hook and ladder truck, one Port Huron 
tire-escape, one Silsby rotary engine, one Clapp & Jones piston steamer, one buggy^ 
one sleigh, thirteen horses and 9,700 feet of hose. In the fire-alarm system there 
are 39 alarm boxes, maintained at the city's expense, five house boxes and gongs, 
seventeen individual call bells, eighty-two jars battery, 425 telegraph poles, nineteen 
miles ai\d 2S0 feet of No. 9 wire, and 17,000 feet of insulated copper wire. The total 
value of department property will closely approximate S6o,ooo, and the total 
expenses for the year ending March 22, iSSS, $17,100.26. During the same period 
there were loi alarms, and the total losses by fire amounted to $32,870.00, being 
S39.106.50 less than during the previous year. The department is well disciplined, 
and its effectiveness attested by the figures above i|uotod. 




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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. 

Bav Citv was the first municipality in Michigan to adopt tliis system for lighting" 
the city. It was first established here in 1SS2 — the Brush system being employed. 
It was then owned and conducted under the management of foreign capitalists. In 
1 886, measures were taken by the Common Council to purchase the plant; and in 
February, 1SS7, the city acquired title for a consideration of $30,000, of which $10,000 
was in cash, the balance being represented by two orders of $10,000 each, payable in 
one and two years, bearing four per cent, interest. At the same time the city pur- 
chased six and one-half miles of wire, in addition to the necessary poles to complete 
circuits, paying $1,583.62 therefor. By discounting the time orders, $2,094.21 was 
saved to tax-payers, and the total cost of the plant was $30,689.41. not including, 
however, the cost of the Center avenue tower, which was subsequently purchased 
for $7;o. The present equipment includes buildings and machinery-, dynamos, five 
towers, 100 mast arms, 20 miles of circuit, with poles, cross-arms, insulators and 
settings, and 12S double-arc lamps. The Jenney Company's system w-as substituted 



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33 



for the Brush system, when the purchase of the plant was consummated, and fur- 
nishes a superior h;^ht at a comparatively small expense,— the same being about 
^1425 per month for the salaries and maintainance of the department. The manage- 
ment of the system is directed by a Board composed of five commissioners. 

SEWAGE SYSTEM. 
The sewage of Bay City was begun in the latter part of the 'jo's, and has been 
since extended each succeeding year. For the year ending March 22, 1888, a total 
of 24>^ miles of sewer was in operation. 

MUNICIPAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 
At the close of the fiscal year March 22, 1888, the total value of the corporate 
property of Bay City was $794,487. 29, with liabilities amounting to $386,001.55. 
During the same year the total disbursements were $300,517.78, and there was a 
balance in the city treasury of $41,731.37 at its close. 



BANKS AND BANKING. 



THE FISCAL AGENCIES, THEIR RESOURCES AND CONDITION. 



UNTIL 1863 the Bay Cities were without banking facilities. In that year, 
however, C. W. Gibson opened a private bank; and in the year following, 
the First National, now the Bay National Bank, was organized and com- 
menced business. It was followed thereafter by the incorporation of the Bay City 
Bank in 1871, under State law; the Second National in 1874; Lumbermen's State in 
1882; Bay County Savings in 1884, and the Commercial in 1887; the three latter also 
under State law. One of the National Banks conducts a savings department, likewise 
the Bay City, Bay County and Lumbermen's State, the latter of West Bay City. 
The Commercial is provided with safety deposit vaults. The following is a tabulated 
statement showing the present condition of the banks: 



THE BANKS. 



8<*coiul National 

Bay National 

Commercial 

Bay City 

♦Lumbermen's State 
Hay ( 'oiinty HdvingH. 



CAPITAL. 


8DBPLU8. 


DEPOSITS. 


LOANS AND 
DISCOUNTS. 


$250,000 


$100,000 


$507,331 


$861,850 


200.000 


60,141 


415.519 


597,372 


100,000 


5,000 


134.953 


205,782 


150.000 


.50.000 


.551.179 


649.424 


40.000 


20,000 


241.S18 


3r)5,lf>0 


5(),fKX) 


10,000 


2l().;i40 • 2l2,r,M9 


$7'.»0.000 


$245,141 


$2,091,140 


$2,912,177 



♦WeBt Bay City. 

From the above it will be seen that the solvency of the corporations, State and 
National, included in the banking system of the Bay Cities, is beyond comment. The 
policy adopted has always been such as to preserve that solvency, at the same time 
to augment the prosperity of the Valley. 

The banks have always been closely identified with the aid of commercial interests, 
and wield a powerful influence in the development of enterprise in this portion of 
the State. In this department also, there is a field for the employment of additional 
capital, and overtures with that object in view, will be substantially encouraged by 
citizens. 




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WEST BAY CITY GOVERNMENT. 



IN its municipal government West Bay City is constituted the same as Bay City- 
proper. The city was organized in 1877, and was made up of the villages of 
Wenona, Salzburg and Banks. An election was held on the first Monday in May 
of the same year, for city officers, and since that date its affairs have been managed 
bv a Mayor and Common Council, the latter consisting of twelve members, who, 
with the Comptroller, Recorder, Treasurer, School Inspectors, Board of Education, 
and some minor officers, are elective. 

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

The police force of West Bay City consists of a chief and six police officers, or 
one for each ward, and is sufficient to repress disorder and crime. 

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

The fire department is maintained at an annual expense, in round numbers, of 
S6,ooo, including the cost of maintaining the fire alarm telegraph system, also in- 
operation in West Bay City. Tlic department consists of one chief and fifteen men. 
and the equipment of three iiiiproved hose carts, one steamer and 4,50x3 feet of 
hose. The department is operated under the " paid system." 

WEST BAY CITY WATER SYSTEM. 

The water works of West Bay City are operated under the Holly system, and 
were established in October, 1881. They were completed during 1883 at a cost of 
$75,000. There are thirteen miles of mains in the service, two miles of which were 
completed in 1881. The management of the system is directed by a Board of Water 
Works Commissioners, composed of five members. 

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. 

The city is lighted by electricity furnished by a company of which the Hon. S. 0> 
Fisher is President. The equipment embraces fifty double arc lamps, and are sufficient 
for present purposes, but the number will be increased as demand requires. 

SEWAGE SYSTEM. 

The construction of sewers was begun in 1888, and prosecuted with such diligence 
that one mile and one-quarter of mains and between eight and ten miles of laterals 
were completed during the year, at a cost of S6o,ooo. The entire cost of the system 
will approximate $150,000, and its completion be reached in the Fall of 1889. The 
work is managed by a Board of Public Works, composed of three members appointed 
by the Common Council. The outlet for the sewage is at the foot of South street, 
adjacent to the Michigan Central railroad bridge. 



PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION of thf BAY CITIES. 

.\t the session of the legislature which adjourned in 1887, ^^ ^'^^ ^^'^^s passed 
providing for the consolidation into one municipality of East and West Bay City and 
Essexville. The consolidation is to take effect from and after the first Monday in 
April, i8gi. A committee of three persons from East and West Bay City is to be 
appointed by the Board of Aldermen of each city; the committees are authorized to 



36 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



prepare a just and equitable plan for the protection of the rights and interests of 
those resident within the territory to be affected, and in case of disagreement, 
Spencer O. Fisher, of West Bay City, is constituted to act as arbiter, and his decision 
shall be final. In case Mr. Fisher is unable to act, Theodore F. Shepard is author- 
ized to act in his stead. In case either city neglects or refuses to appoint a com- 
mittee, the city so appointing shall perform all the duties provided for by the act, 
and submit the charter prepared to the legislature for confirmation. These com- 
mittees are to be appointed six months prior to the convening of the next ensuing 
session of the legislature, after the passage of the bill providing for their creation. 
The total population of East and West Bay City and Essexville approximates about 
55,000, in round numbers. 



CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 

The charities established here are sustained with liberal hand by the citizens. 
Their location is in retired portions of the city, the comforts of life are generously 
provided, good taste and cheerful surroundings are apparent in the make-up and 
management, experienced nurses attend to the wants of inmates, and skillful 
physicians and surgeons are retained for the treatment of the sick, the maimed, and 
the unfortunate, who are admitted to be partakers of the benefits to be obtained in each. 
The cities are without regular hospitals, to which absence Mayor Wright calls the 
attention of tax-payers, and recommends to their representatives that they take into 
careful consideration the immediate building of hospital premises. 

THE NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL. 

One of the leading institutions of the character under consideration is the North- 
western Hospital. It is handsomely located at No. 809 South Water street. The 
building occupied is large and fitted up with every convenience for the care and 
treatment of patients. The latter are admitted when unfitted, by accident or disease, 
to work, and are provided with medical attention until recovered. Those able to do 
so, pay a weekly sum for attendance, attention and physicians' services. An 
arrangement exists between the city and the hospital, by which the city's sick and 
injured are cared for at this institution. 

HOME FOR AGED WOMEN. 
The Society of the Home for Aged Women was established in 1886, and is com- 
posed of all charitably disposed ladies who acquire membership upon the payment 
of a nominal sum. The object is the providing of homes for aged women, and 
temporary homes for homeless women and children. It is supported by voluntary 
subscription, and managed by an Executive Board and a Board of Trustees, elected 
by those entitled to the privileges of membership. 

WOMEN'S CHARITABLE UNION. 
The Women's Charitable Union was organized in 1883. Its objects are to relieve 
the sick and destitute of the Bay Cities. The management is conducted by lady 
officials, two being selected from each of the cities' evangelical churches, and an 
Advisory Board composed of three members, supplemented by Visiting, Executive, 
Financial and other committees. It is sustained by subscriptions, donations, etc., 
and the expense entailed in the works of benevolence done under the society's 
auspices, is nearly one thousand dollars annually. In addition to the foregoing, 
there are a number of church and secret society organizations created for similar 
•objects, in active operation. 



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THE CHURCHES. 



Tl \\\ course of rcli};ion has always maintained an ascendency in the Bay Cities. 
It found expression here when the present site of both municipahties was 
occupied with groves- " God's first temples" — and for a period of nearly fifty 
years has marched in the van of advancing civilization. Its influence upon the 
growth and progress of the \'alley has been paramount, and efforts made in the 
conservation of morality have proved substantial and effective. The societies in 
operation include upon their rosters of membership a large proportion of the popula- 
tion, and their objects are directed with beneficial results in all the departments of 




riiiNiTY Ki'iHcoPAL onmrii. 

life. There are at present thirty-four religious bodies of different denominations 
in Bay City, embracing four Methodist Episcopal, two Free Methodist, two Presby- 
terian, one Episcopal, one Reformed Episcopal, three Evangelical Lutheran, one 
German Lutheran, three Baptist, one L'nivcrsalist, one Congrcgation.il. two Hebrew 
and four Catholic societies, in addition to one Presbyterian, two Methodist Episcopal, 
one Episcopal, two Lutheran, one Evangelical Rcfonned, one Catholic, one T^aptist 
and one non-sectarian societies, in West Bay City. Their houses of worship arc 
among the most prominent architectural tiiumplis in this portion of the State, 



38 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

Tcpresenting an outlay of many hundred thousand dollars, and they are sustained 
-with exceptional liberality. The story of religious achievement here, is the " old, 
old story " of pioneer privations and hardships, culminating in the success that is 
^apparent to-day. Beside the church organizations proper, there are many societies 
connected with them, for humane, educational and social purposes, that contribute 
materially to the public and private vi'elfare, and which, like unto the origin of their 
creation, are prosperous and growing in value and membership. 



VITAL STATISTICS. 

The location of the Bay Cities contributes toward making them among the 
healthiest in the Northwest. They possess the advantages of site, of pure water, 
pure air, spacious public grounds, wide avenues, an excellent system of drainage, 
and a temperature that rarely reaches the extremes of heat or cold. Contiguous 
to Lake Huron, the situation in this particular cannot be surpassed, as it is a 
■well established scientific fact that the presence of a large body of water, not 
only tempers the heat and cold, but dissipates the probability of severe wind storms, 
-which have worked incalculable destruction to life and property in other portions 
of the country. Neither are there droughts nor excessive rainfalls. As a healthful 
resort, the site of the cities is as conducive to freedom from disease, as their 
improvements of beautiful homes, imposing buildings, parks and highways make 
up an attractive picture to the visitor and resident. Diseases indigenous to the 
climate are unknown, and contagious diseases are of exceptional occurrence. 
Statistics show that for the past ten years the births have exceeded the deaths nearly 
four to one. The sanitary direction is under the control of the municipal authorities, 
-and the condition of the cities is in all respects commendatory of the labors of that 
■department of the public service. The health of the cities is supervised by a Board 
organized in accordance with an act of the legislature, the members of which are 
.appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Common Council. 



POSTAL STATISTICS. 

The Bay City Postoffice is located on Washington avenue, between Center avenue 
a,nd Sixth street, whither it was removed from the Westover block, in 1886, upon the 
"destruction by fire of that building. The present premises are commodious and 
•well equipped for the accommodation of the service and the public. The postmaster 
in the discharge of his duties is assisted by a full force of clerks, carriers and 
subordinates. There are eleven carriers, and four deliveries and collections made 
daily in the business portion of the city, and three and two in the outskirts. Seventy- 
two bags of mail matter arrive and depart each day, except Sundays, and fifty-two mail 
boxes are distributed throughout the city. The office hours are from 7:30 A. M. to 
7:30 P. M., except on Sundays, when the office opens at 11:30 A. M. and closes at 
12:30 P. M. The registry division is accessible from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. For the 
first nine months of the year 1888 the receipts were $23,120.60; the expenses for the 
same period being $16,300. In addition to this, there is a postoffice maintained at 
South Bay City, where it was established in 1859, and is still in operation. In West 
Bay City there are three offices, established prior to the consolidation of the villages 
now comprehended in the municipal limits of the former, and in all of which the 
postoffices have been continued. They are supplied with all necessary facilities for 
a complete and available service, and are well managed. 



REAL ESTATE. 



APPRECIATION IN VALUES-ADVANTAGES FOR INVESTMENTS. 



THE Bay Cities offer advantages to those desiring to purchase lots and lands 
for commercial, manufacturing or residence sites, nowhere surpassed in the 
State of Michigan. Those seeking investments in realty for immediate 
-occupation, or from which to obtain a fair return, can realize such desire here. Such 
investments will not only be absolutely safe, but must in the very nature of things 
appreciate in value. Handsomely located, with a climate that is conducive to 
health, and natural resources that beneficially promote that inestimable boon, this 
portion of the Valley is specially attractive from a sanitary standpoint. In direct 
•communication with leading portions of the country, supplied with the very best of 
transportation facilities, surrounded by a territory highly cultivated and rapidly 
becoming occupied and improved by an intelligent and enterprising constituency; 
supporting an educational system efficient and judiciously managed; maintaining the 
cause of religion, including upon its roster of sect nearly every creed or denomination; 
socially, relaxation and refinement are apparent in the homes and the places of 
public resort, and art and culture give additional claims to their preferment as a 
place of residence. Intersecting streets shaded and decorated, broad avenues lined 
with handsome private residences and elegant public buildings; a number of parks 
accessible to all who desire to avail themselves of their inviting accommodations and 
•other metropolitan amusement attractions, render the Bay Cities a center of all that 
is acceptable to the citizen, the student, the professional man, the merchant, and to 
men, and women too, whose greatness stands revealed in their pursuit of honest labor. 

RESIDENCE PROPERTY. 

Those who are in a position to know, declare that all classes of property in the 
Bay Cities are held at reasonable rates, and steadily growing in value. Residence 
property is included among the best holdings. The lots for this purpose are com- 
modious and handsomely improved. Those in the neighborhood of the parks, along 
Center avenue, and on other desirable thoroughfares, bring from Si,ooo to $1,500 
each, within easy walking distance from the business center, and upon lines of street 
railway. Lots can also be obtained in select portions of the city, on improved streets, 
at from $600 to 5800 apiece. Residences, from the modest, unpretentious cottage, to 
the palatial mansion, can be built at from one to twenty-five thousand dollars. Lots 
in the outer portion of the city and in suburban localities, are held at from one to 
three hundred dollars, and at the present cost of material and labor, a comfortable 
home, including the cost of the lot, can be finished ready for occupancy, for 5700 or 
thereabouts. 

BUSINESS PROPERTY. 

Business property is valued in proportion as it possesses the advantages of 
locality and availability. The sum of $25,000 was recently stated as the value of 
the lot, 100x150 feet in dimensions, at the corner of Center and Washington avenues, 
•on which the building occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association is 



40 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

situated. On such business highways as Center avenue, they command from two to- 
three hundred dollars per foot; on the side streets just off from the main thorough- 
fares, but in the business portions of Bay City, from one to two hundred dollars. 
Business blocks, furnished with every convenience, can be erected for from $5,000 
upward. In West Bay City, residence lots are obtainable at from $300 to $400, for 
the choicest, and from $50 to $250 in the suburbs. A comfortable home, lot included, 
can be finished for from $500 to $800, or more, as the inclinations of the owner shall 
determine. Business property unimproved is quoted at $40 per foot, and the cost of 
improvements is about the same as in Bay City. Factory sites are rated at from 
$200 to $800 per acre in Bay City, those along the river front at a proportionately 
higher figure. 

STORE AND OFFICE RENTALS. 

Single store rentals, including basements, range from $500 to $800 in Bay City, 
and from $200 to $600 in West Bay City. Buildings for commercial purposes com- 
mand froin $1,000 to $1,500 per annum, according to location and equipment. For 
office purposes, a suite of offices, well lighted and ventilated, also heated by steam, 
can be had for $500 a year in Bay City; single offices for from $10 to $25 per month: 
in West Bay City, good accommodations are available at $12, by the month. 

COST OF LABOR. 

The prevailing prices for labor are $2 per diem, for painters and carpenters; $2.75 
for brick-layers and stone-masons, and $2.25 each, for machinists and boiler-makers.. 
Unskilled labor is paid from $1 to $1.50 per day. The wages paid in West Bay City 
are $2.75 to $3, for brick and stone-masons, and from $2 to $2.50 for carpenters and 
painters; for unskilled labor the rates which prevail in Bay City for the same service. 
" Taxes are not excessive, the total amount being 2.83 per cent., including State, 
county and municipal taxes, against 4 per cent, in East Saginaw," declares his Honor, 
Mayor Wright, in his last annual message. As an evidence of the increase in the 
value of property, borrowing from the same source, it may be stated that in i860, 
with a population of 700, the assessed valuation of property liable for taxes was 
$530,589. In 1870 the population was 7,064, and the assessed valuation $1,166,475; in 
1880, population 20,693, valuation $7,722,310; in 1884, population 29,415, valuation 
$9,102,655; 1887, estimated population 33,000, valuation $9,746,246; 1888, estimated 
population 35,000, valuation $10,021,845. Those, who from their intimate knowledge 
of the transactions in real estate during the past are in a position to know, report 
that the real estate market is in a healthy condition. In conclusion, facts justify a 
repetition of the statements made, that the opportunities for investments in the 
property of the Bay Cities are nowhere surpassed in the State. 



BAY CITY GAS COMPANY. 

The Bay City Gas Company was organized February 15, 1868, with a capital of 
$55,000. The erection of the works, with meters having capacity for 100,000 feet of 
gas, was completed October 15, of the same year. The company has fourteen miles 
of mains and sixteen of laterals, a portion of which was completed in 1888. Gas is 
furnished consumers at $2.20 per thousand, for less than 1,000 feet; $1.80 for over that 
amount, and $1.60 per thousand feet for heating and cooking purposes. The office- 
of the company is on Washington avenue, between Center avenue and Fifth street. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



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THE PRESS. 



The press of the Bay Cities is held in very high esteem, and considered to be the 
equal of any published in the State, outside of Detroit. There can be no question 
but that the prosperity, development and present prominence of the Saginaw Valley 
is in a large measure due to the enterprise and resources of the local press. It has 
been the formulator of public opinion, the conservator of public morality, and the 
earnest and able advocate of all measures designed for the public welfare, through 
the years of the Cities' history, from the date when the first paper was established 
here, up to the present time. In its career, the press has created an elevated standard 
of journalistic excellence, and no city assuming greater pretensions and equal 
facilities, can boast a higher plane, in all particulars, than that conceded to the 
papers of the Bay Cities. There are now published and circulated in Bay City, two 
dailies and four weeklies,— ^one of the latter in the German language, two in the 
French, and the Labor Advocate in English, its first issue being published on 
Saturday, October 6th, 1888. In West Bay City there is one paper published -a 
weekly— established in July, 1887. All of these are ably edited. The dailies furnish 
to readers a complete resume of local information, each morning and evening, while 
the Associated and United Press Associations supply full and interesting reports of 
happenings at a distance. The weeklies cover every variety of subjects, and handle 
their themes in a manner that commends them to the careful consideration of 
reflecting and appreciative constituencies. A large number of persons are employed 
in the collection, preparation and composition of the daily record of current events, 
and no efforts are spared to make it complete, newsy, edifying and instructive. 



THE HOTEL FACILITIES. 

In the matter of hotel fa- 
cilities, the Bay Cities are 
adequately supplied. The 
hotel buildings are substan- 
tially constructed, well ven- 
tilated and their sanitation 
promotive of health and com- 
fort. They are located at 
points making them access- 
ible to travelers arriving by 
land or water, and contiguous 
to business centers. Their 
improvements arc modern, 
,ind their equipments and 
. onveniences fully up to the 
■ ines and consistent with the 
' i|uirements of the service. 
!ie rates are low for the ac- 
inmodations furnished, 
ranging from one to three 
KUASKii iioiM dollars per diem, and the 

total number that can be comfortably housed in the hotclb here, will not fall fai short 
of five thousand. 





CAPT. JAMEH DAVIDSON— SEE OPPOSITE PACK. 



Ill the series of descriptive articles that follow, we have endeavored to 
make appropriate mention of every well established and deserviiifj; inercan. 
tile and nianulacturing house, and every respont-ible fiduciary trust in Bay 
City and West Bay City, believing tliat tliose whose industry, energy and 
capital are enlisted in building up the liay Cities' material interests, and 
developing and maintaining their trade supremac^y, arc worthy of all the 
favorable recognition it is in our power to bestow, and it is with the utmost 
confidence that we commend every business house, named in these pages, 
to the good-will and patronage of all into whose hands tiiis book may come. 
Liberal, enterprising, and of sterling business and personal character, it is 
uj)on this class of men the future growth of the Bay Cities and their 
influence upon the welfare of the State and Nation depend. 



CAPTAIN JAMES DAVIDSON. 



>tliip lliiilder— X.K. of .Mioliiisan C't>ntral It. K. Kntciiit' llooNe- W«'Ht liay 4'lly. 

" One of the larfjeet, most completely eciuipped, and prominent of the ship-buildiuj.,' 
induBtries alontf the chain of lakes, from l3uhitli to IJnffiilo, is owned and maiiiij^ed 
by Captain James Davidson. His plant, eml)racing dry docks, yards, etc., is located 
in West IJay City, at a point southeast of the cugiue house of the Michiyaa Central 
Railroad, and occupies a very lar^e area of territory. 

He bet,'an the business iu 1871, beinj,' then located on the river at Ballentine's 
yard, where he binlt the "E. M. Davidson," a schooner that will lonp l)e remembered 
for superiority of deBij,'U, e<iiiij)mout, and saiiinj,' ipialities. In 1.^72 he removed to 
East Saj,Mnaw and estal)lished a yard. While there, he laiinchi'd and comjjletetl the 
schooner "Kate Wiuslow." After a brief stay at East Saginaw, he returned to IJay 
City and located ui)on his jiresent site, erecting mills and increasinjf Ids facilities to 
meet the demands of the trade. These were subse(|ueutly destroyed by fire, toj^ether 
with a portion of the hull of the propeller "James Davidson," then in pro^rress of 
■construction. The craft, however, was rebuilt and completed for service. F<jr the 
next few years ho (,'ave bis attention to the management of his marine interests, 
returning to Bay City, however, in 18H0. and resumed operations as a ship builder, 
with a large force and large equipment of iiiHcliinery. .\n ini-rease of i)UHint'HH soon 
compelled the etdargeiiient of his facilities, yard room, etc., to accomplish which he 
purchased additional ground, upon which were erected saw and jig mills, with other 
oonveuiencea and apimrtenances requisite to the complete furnishing of a plant of 
the character he conducted. A comjiaratively brief period only elajisetl, when his 
equii)ment became inadequate to the requirements of the service, and early in 1888 
he finished what was quoted as the "most comi)lete ship mill in the United States." 
It was 49x157 feet in dimensions, su|)plied with the latest improved machinery for 
working heavy timljer, improved |»iinches for heavy iron work, etc., and otherwise 
furnished for turning out his product. These premises were destroyed by lire in 
.\ugust of the same year, without, however, having the e)b>i-t of ciiusing even a 



44 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CIKIES. 



temporary Buepension of work. Contracts were immediately concluded, and the 
premises rebuilt and furnished with additional tools and appliances, to meet the 
steadily increasing demand made upon the resources of the establishment. 

Captain Davidson is a native of Buffalo, N. Y., and began his successful career, 
when, as a youth, he signed articles as a sailor, bound to Liverpool. He subsequently 
sailed to China and other foreign ports, part of the time as commander of the vessels 
that bore him thither. Since engaging in ship building at West Bay City, he has con- 
structed steam-ships, tugs and sailing vessels of unsurpassed excellence. Among the 
former, the "Oceanica," one of the largest crafts on the lakes; the "Siberia" of 1,618 
tons; "George T. Hope," 1,273 tons; "Australasian," 1,540 tons; "Roumania," 1,900 tons; 
the "Bulgaria," 2,750 tons; and in 1888 the "Germanic" and "Britannic" of 2,000 tons 
burthen each, and the " Majestic," three hundred and fifteen feet in length, and forty- 
one feet in breadth of beam, with 3,000 tonnage capacity, the largest vessel afloat on 
the lakes. During the same year, he also finished the schooners " Mary Wilson " and 
" Mary B. Mitchell," also a four masted schooner of 2,400 tons, and at the time of the 
fire in August, had the moulds laid for several large crafts, which were burned. The 
steamships "Germanic," "Britannic" and "Majestic" were built for the Davidson 
Line, operating between Buffalo and Chicago, of which he is the owner. Captain 
Davidson builds vessels to order, and for sale, and many of his largest craft built for 
his own use are purchased immediately they are floated, by transportation corpora- 
tions and individuals, on account of their superior model and sea-going qualities. 
He employs a force of from seven to eight hundred bands and one hundred and fifty 
teams the year round, and his trade is at every port on the lakes. He is also one of 
the Board of Managers of the " Lake Carriers' Association," is largely interested in 
elevators at Buffalo, and is Vice-President and Director of the Frontier Iron and 
Braps Works at Detroit, Mich. 

Captain Davidson is a remarkable man, not only in his own sphere, but in all the 
departments of life. He has revolutionized the class of vessels employed in the 
navigation of the lakes, and the benefits accruing from his large investments have 
been distributed with liberal hand in the promotion of industry, development of 
enterprise, and to the prosperity of Bay City and the State of Michigan. 



N. B. BRADLEY & SONS— ROSS, BRADLEY & CO. 



Miifrs. and I>ealer8 in litinilier and Salt— Office, Cor. Fourteenth & Water Sts. 

N. B. Bradley has been identified with the lumber industries of the Saginaw 
Valley for nearly forty years. He began business in Bay City in 1854. One year 
later he became partner in the lumber firm of Frost & Bradley. In 1861 he purchased 
the present mill property, and organized the firm of N. B. Bradley & Co., consisting 
of himself, F. E. and Charles Bradley. In 1881 he purchased the plant in its entirety, 
and, admitting E. E. and F. W. Bradley as partners, established the firm of N. B. 
Bradley & Sons. . They own and occupy a very large area of territory, including eight 
blocks of ground situated on Water street, between Thirteenth and Sixteenth streets,, 
affording them 2,000 feet of river frontage, in addition to ample accommodations for 
the transaction of their business. Within these dimensions are located the mill 
proper, the shingle and lath mills, salt mills, salt block, booms, piling grounds, barns 
and other equipments. The saw mill is a commodious structure, supplied with every 
convenience and facility for handling the stock, from the log in the rough to its 
manufactured products. The equipment is triple, embracing Wickes Brothers' 
improved gang saw, powerful band and large circular saws, complete in all their varied 
details, the most approved machinery only being employed, and driven by engines of 
great power. Their shingle mill is equally equipped with machinery and conveniences 
for the business, and, like the lumber mill, is in constant operation. The piling 
grounds have first-class water frontage, and are of large dimensions. Their salt 
industry is represented by eight salt wells and an immense salt block. Each of the wells 
is furnished with pumping-engiue facilities and drill-house conveniences, and the entire 
plant, with its appurtenances, is provided with all the most approved appliances, 
adapted to the several departments in which their services are utilized. In connection 
with the mill products, the manufacture of barrels, for the shipment of salt is also 
extensively carried on. The total output of the enterprise annually is stated at 
about 21,000,000 feet of lumber, 8,000,000 shingles, 4,000,000 laths, 60,000 eetts ff 



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barrel stock, and 60,000 barrels of salt. A force of one hundred and seventy-five 
men are employed, the products of its work being shipped to the Eastern markets. 
Tlie salt is disposed of tlironj,'li the Michi>,'an Salt Association, au or^'ani/afion which 
handles nearly all the salt made in the Valley, of wliich the Hrm are members. They 
also own large tracts of pine lands in various portions of Michigan, and during the 
winter engage extensively in lumbering in both the I'pper and Lower Peninsulas, 
employing two hundred ami tifty men in that field of operations. They are other- 
wise engaged in large undertakings, being owners of properties in the pine lands of 
the South, and of planing mills, which are the finest in this section, with an annual 
capacity of 40,000,000 feet, also lumber yards covering an extended area. Mr. 
Nathan B. Bradle> has served as Mayor of Bay City, as member of the State Senate, 
and as a Representative in Congress. He exercises a supervisory control over the 
affairs of N. B. Bradley it Sons, being largely interested in other directions, the 
junior partner managing its conduct and affairs. Their large product of dressed 
lumber, in car-load lots, finds an outlet to market through the house of lioss 
Bradley & Co. 

SECOND NATIONAL BANK. 



PliuMiix Ituildine— Center and >Vanliin£tun Avennei^. 

The history of banking operations in Bay City dates back twenty-five years, when 
C. W. Gibson opened a piivate bank in a room of the Union block, the present site of 
the Campbell House. As the city grew in proportions, and business increased in 
volume and importance, the necessities of the situation gave birth to enterprises of 




INTF.nioH SErONI) NATIONAL BANK. 



this character, resulting in the establishment of a banking system in Bay City, 
than which there is none superior in the State. One of the leading banks here, 
and recognized not onlv as an invaluable adjunct to the progress and development 
of this portion of the State, but as one of the most substantial and reliable in the 



46 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



Northwest, is the Second National. It was organized in May, 1874, with a capital of 
$1()0,0()0; William Westover, President, and W. L. Plum, Cashier. Seven years 
previous the Exchange Bank was established by William and Luther Westover, 
James J, McCormick, Charles F. Gibson and H. J. Clark, and in 1869 the State Bank 
was organized through the efforts and influence of Orrin Bump, who was chosen 
Cashier, with W. S. Patrick as President. About this time the Exchange Bank went 
out of existeoce, and Alonzo Chesebrough succeeded to the presidency of the State 
Bank, the capital of which was increased to $1.50,000. W. L. Plum, Cashier of the- 
Second National, died in 1877, and M. M. Andrews was selected to fill the vacancy. 
In May, 1878, the Second National and the State Bank were consolidated, with 
William Westover, President; Orrin Bump, Cashier, and M. M. Andrews, Assistant 
Cashier; the capital was increased to $200,000, further increased to $250,000 in 
January, 1883, which amount has since been maintained, and with the surplus and 
undivided profits is now $399,245.04. 

The bank occupies a suite of offices in the Phcenix block, corner of Washington 
and Center avenues, conceded to be the handsomest equipped and furnished of any 
of the kind in Michigan, where business is conducted upon a sound financial basis, 
and according to methods conservative but liberal. The offices occupy the entire 
northern portion of the building, and were arranged and appointed for the special 
uses to which they are adapted. They are finished in cherry and other hard woods, 
the flooring being of Italian marble, and the rooms of the Cashier and Directory 
elegantly carpeted and furnished. Two safes of the latest improved pattern afford 
absolute security to deposits and other valuables, and a full staff of Competent and 
efficient assistants is employed. Its business is a general banking business, of dis- 
count (of which it carries the largest line of any bank in the Saginaw Valley) and 
deposit, loaning money on approved security, the purchase and sale of foreign and 
domestic exchange and the issue of letters of credit, the carrying of accounts of banks, 
bankers, and individuals upon the most liberal terms, etc. It also has direct con- 
nection with leading monetary centers. The bank is one of the most substantial 
character, enjoying the highest credit, and its career has been one of uninterrupted 
prosperity. • 

The following is the report of the condition of the bank, Tuesday, November 13, 
1888, at the close of business hour^: 



LIABILITIES. 



Loans and Discounts.. ...$869,7.^0.59 

U.S. Bonds .^0,000.01) 

Duo from Banks 100,03.5.61 

Furniture 4,r)00.00 

ExponHOH and Taxes Paid 10,386.98 

Cash on Hand 54,187.02 

Redemption Fund with U. S. Treas.... 2,250.00 



$1,091,040.20 



ASSETS. 



Capital Stock $250,000.00 

Surplus Fund 100,000.0() 

Undividod Profits 49,245.04 

Circulating Notes 45,000.00 

Deposits 611,797.89 

Ko-discounts 34,997.27 



$1,091,040.20 



The present officers are William Westover, President; D. C. Smalley, Vice- 
President; Orrin Bump, Cashier, and M. M. Andrews, Assistant Cashier. The 
directory is composed of the following well known gentlemen: A. M. Chesebrough, 
H. W. Sage, H. P. Merrill, William Westover, A. J. Cooke, S. T. Holmes, D. C. Smalley, 
A. Walton, William L. Smith, W. H. Tousey and Orrin Bump. 

The management of the bank is perfect, and its operations have been conducted in 
a manner creditable to its official board, and to the prosperity and development of 
the Saginaw Valley. 

NICHOLS & SANGLE, 



HarncMH and Saddles— <"aiTiaac Tri in niiiitj -Center, near M^asliin^ton St. 

Among the well-known establishments in Bay City engaged in manufacturing 
enterprise, the house of Nichols & Sangle, harness makers, is prominent and repre- 
sentative. The firm, which is composed of Fred. A. Nichols and George Sangle, was 
organized in 1874. They occupy the two-story and basement building, 25x100 feet in 
dimensions, at an available location on Center street. The first floor is devoted to 
the use of office and salesroom and handsomely fitted up, being provided with large 
glass cases for the display of fine harness, saddlery, and horse goods generally, with 



THE INDUSTRIES OE THE HAY CITIES. 



47 



n workroom in the rear, containing ample facilities for the businePH of mannfactnrinsr 
anil reiJiiiritiK'. ■'ind where a force of bIx artisans is etiniloyed. Tn aihlition fo the j^'oods 
mannfactnretJ, the tinn carry larj^'e invoices of sadilleH, roheH, hhinkets, turf ^oods, 
etc., of the best make ami material. Tlieir B[)ecialtieB areoriler-ma<le l)ii^,'>:y, carriage, 
draught and Iuml)er harness; also doing carriage trimming to order, and repairing in 
a manner both neat and 8ul)stantial. Their trade is large and growing in the city 
and country, i)articniarly among tiie himber mills ami otlier industries where the use 
of horses is largely employed. *• 

W. I. BROTHERTON & CO. 



iiiiilx'ruit'ii'N SiiitplioN KoH. I lO.*} tn I I I 1 W iitei- Mt. 




nlKUTON \ en. 



One of the largest and most prosperous wliolesale grocery houses in the Saginaw 
Valley is conducted by W. 1. lirotherton S: Co., composed of W. I. Hrotherton, (). .\. 
Watrous, H. N. Watrous, and H. W. .Teunison. It is also one of the oldest, having l)een 
established in 187:^ hy Carter & Maltby. Tn ISTC, \V. T. Brotlierton and H. A. (litTord 
were admitted as partners, and the firm name wascliaiiged to Maltby, Hrotherton A- Co. 
This continued until 1ST1», in whicli year N. A. Waterman succeeiled to the (tilTord 
interest, when the tirm name was again changed to !\Ialthy. Hrotherton »'i: Waterman, 
and again, in IKHl, to Maltby, Page A- Co., Mr. Waternum disposing of his interest to 
W. W. Page. Mr. Hrotherton still remainetl a member of the tirm, whi<'h name, how- 
ever, was once more changed, in IMSl. In that year. \. (). and H. N. Watrous, ti|K)n 
purchasing Mr. Page's holding, became partners, and the original name of Maltby, 
Brotlierton »t Co. was resumed, so remaining until April, 18S7, when Maltby retired, 
and the present style was adopted, since remaining unchanged, though in October of 
the same year, H. W. Jennison, who had been nine years with the ln)use. was made 
an additional partner. 

They are lf)catetl at Nos. 110.'), 1107, llO'.t ami 1111 Water street, occupying commo- 
dious and amply equi[)pe(l premises, two stories in height, TtOxKH) feet in dimensions, 
substantially built, with basement under the whole, an(l furnished with every conveni- 
ence for the sale, storage and shipment of their large stocks. .\djoining the main 
stores is the oflice building, recently completed, also of brick, consisting of one story 
and basement, each 25xl(J0 feet in size, and the establishment entire extending back 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



to the warehouse, which is 180x60 feet in dimensions, and adjacent to the docks. The 
basements and main floor are used for groceries, except sugars, which are to be found 
in the office building, also occupied as a sample room for the lines of commodities 
carried. These latter embrace the purest and freshest of teas, imported direct by the 
firm ; sugars, coffees, spices, tobaccos, flour, lard, pork, salted meats, produce, and 
fancy groceries; also lumbermen's supplies, including boots, rubbers, clothing, hard- 
ware, etc., which latter are kept on the upper floor of the main building. The office 
building, it may here be said, ia»the most complete in the Valley, being handsomely 
finished and frescoed, well lighted and ventilated, and divided into sample rooms and 
public and private offices. They employ a force of thirty salesmen and clerks, one 
outside man, three travelers, and operate four wagons. As stated, their trade is very 
large in Bay City and the surrounding country, as also in Northern and North- 
western Michigan. 

The members of the firm are enterprising, public-spirited citizens and merchants, 
and the house has advanced from small beginnings to a position of commanding 
influence, contributing largely to the commercial success of Bay City, and enjoying a 
widespread reputation for the purity of its goods and its liberality with the trade to 
which it ministers. 

C. E. ROSENBURY. 



Dealer in Furniture. Stoves and Croekery — Cor. Third aud Washinaton Sts. 




Iliiilii III II III I ilililiillliiliiilJfhillH 



I iiii I III III II II I II III iiiiiiii!iiii>f jMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 




Sometime during the year 1878, C. E. Rosenbury began the business of mer- 
chandising in a small way, in furniture, stoves, crockery and other implements of 
household and domestic utility. His commencement was attended by the difficulties 
and embargoes incident to the inauguration of every worthy enterprise, but he met 
and disposed of them, and after a not uneventful experience has attained to 
successful and deserved prosperity. 

His place of business is at the corner of Third and Washington streets, a point 
unexceptionally desirable and convenient of access, and in all particulars advant- 
ageous for purposes of trade. He occupies the main and upper floors of the building, 
having a frontage of 120 feet on Third street, with an additional frontage of 100 
feet on Washington street, handsomely furnished, suitably departmented and 
heavily stocked. The furniture branch of the establishment is 40x100 feet in its pro- 
portions, and tilled with full lines of medium and plain wares, of original design and 
attractive finish, including parlor, chamber and dining-room suites and fixtures. 
The four remaining stores adjoining, comprehend an area 80x80 feet in dimensions, 
and are well adapted to a business requiring the exercise of care and judgment in its 
management. These stores are connected by arched passages, are perfectly lighted, 
and occupied by the remaining departments, such as the department of china, glass 
and queensware, mattresses and bedding department, lamp, stove and tinware 
department, and the department of household utensils, etc., etc., every line of which 
is adequately stocked. He employs a force of twelve salesmen, clerks and subordi- 
nates, and ministers to the wants of a large and continually extending trade in the 
city, as also within a considerable radius, and in the northern portions of the State. 

Mr. Rosenbury is a practical business man, familiar with the requirements of the 
trade, and has achieved a recognized success and reputation for his house, through 
means that commend themselves to emulative enterprise and adoption. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 49 



McKINNON MANUFACTURING CO. 

Koil«>i- :Tlnk«M-H. FoaiulorN aiul llacliiiilnttM— WaliT Hi. bet. Triit li aud F.I<'\oiilh. 

The nucleus of tbe McKinuon Maunfacturiny Company was fonuded in 1H07, by 
Johu D. McKinnou, who removed to Bay City from Cleveland, Oljio. in IKOT, and 
engaged in the manufacture of steam boilers. Soon after, the firm became McKinnon 
Sc Co., beint: composed of Johu I). McKiiuion, Angus McKinuon and Duncan 
McKinnou. In iHHi the present company was incorporated with a cjij)ital of 8.">0,00(). 
Immediately this was accomplished, valuable and extensive improvements were 
completed, and facilities for the manufacture of boilers, engines, and all kuids of 
machinery, enlarged and increased. The company's success has bet'ti complete, and 
it is to-day one of the largest and most influential of its kind in this portion of the 
State, the range of manufacture including all articles connected with machinery, in 
addition to being agents for leading establishments in other portions of the country. 

Their boiler works are located on the docks betweeu Eleventh and Twelfth streeta, 
the lot being 50xSnO feet in size, and the uuiiu building 5(1x180 feet in dimensions, 
fully equipped with all the latest machinery for the manufacture of marine, mill and 
locomotive boilers, including slings for hoisting boats, pumps for cleaning boilers, 
etc. The machine shops are equally complete in their furuishings and e<}uipment, 
being provided with large lathes, boring machines, mill drills, heavy punches and 
auxiliary machinery, adapted to the purpose to which it is applied. The machinery 
is driven by steam power in all the several departments operated. The foundry 
occupies a building on Water street, between Tenth aud Eleventh streets, 120x150 
feet in dimensions, with pattern shops, blacksmith shops, etc. adjoining, commodious 
and well appointed, aud in every way provided with appliances and appurtenances 
to the completion of work with the least delay aud in the most reliable manner. 
They manufacture every pattern of boiler and machinists' supplies, are agents for 
Morris Tasker & Co.'s wrought iron pipe and fittings; for James G. Pulling A- Co.'s 
steam pumps, standard injectors. Eagle lubricators, general line of mill and lx)at 
supplies, and have a large stock of second-hand boilers aud machinery constantly on 
baud. They employ a force of one hundred skilled mechanics in the works, and do a 
large aud increasing business in Bay City and the surrounding country, as also along 
the lake shore to the North, and upon order, ship boilers to all parts of the country. 

The present officers are John D. McKinnon, President, and H. D. McKinuon, 
Secretary; men of practical experience, and maintaining an establishment that takes 
high rank among the prominent and substantial industries of the State. 



E. J. O'NEILL. 



Veterinarian, liivfr.v and Wale Stable— Kleventlil^t. an«l ^% a>>liin;;t<iii .\\i'. 

The profession of the veterinarian is as important to the domestic animal kingtlom, 
in its line, as that of the physician to the human family. The ministering to the 
diseases of the one requires the possession of the same degree of si ill, humanity and 
scientific research as that indispensable to success in the other. One of the leading 
veterinary physicians in the Valley is Dr. E.J. O'Neill. lie is a graduate of the 
famous veterinary coUeere of Toronto, Canada, and enjoys the reputation of a learned 
and experienced professional. He located in Bay City in ISTO as a practitioner, and 
his career has been attended by results that have served to contirm and strengthen 
his distinction as a skillful physician and operator. He treats all diseaees of horses 
and cattle at his office and barns, corner of Eleventh street and Washington avenue, 
or at the stables of owners, from a purely scientific standpoint, and is prepared to 
respond to telephone calls by nik'ht or day. In 1S-S4 he establisheil a livery, sale and 
boarding sta!)le in connection with his veterinary business. The premises occupied 
by him at the above stated corner are commodious and well equipped, including the 
latest improved telei>hone service, the i)lant being located uj)on the main floor of the 
building, well lighted and ventilated, and supi)lied with ample means of exit for the 
animals in case of fire. He carries a number of valuable hort^es and fashionable 
vehicles in this liranch of the business, and his conveniences for the sale aud board- 
ing of stock are largely patronized. 

He employs a competent force of assistants, and does a large business locally and 
within a considerable radius of Bay Citv, 




J. K. HALL. — SEE OITO^ITE PAGE. 



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J. R. HALL. 



Walt and Sliiiitlt' MaiiiifJicturor— 'Woodward Ave. KaHtoTtlio Water WOrkH — 

KMNexville. 

Withiu au area ten acres in extent, about one mile in an easterly direction from 
Bay City, is located the shingle and salt manufactory of J. R. Hall, said to be the largest 
shingle industry in the Valley, and in every particular one of the most complete and 
attractive of buildings, modern in constru^'tion and equipment, handsomely located 
with a splendid river frontago, fine docks and superior shipping facilities, the entire 
establishment is a model of its kind. 

Mr. Hall began business in 1870, and for nearly twenty years has progressed and 
prospered. The shingle mill proper is a commodious structure 1 12x48, witii wing 24x65 
feet in dimensions, supplied with all the latest patterns of machinery, including two 
drag saws for cutting logs into blocks of the required length, one bolting saw, two sap- 
pers for shaping blocks and six Hall shingle machmes of the largest capacity, with 
other accessory tools and implements, required in the manufacture of his products. 
The shingle machines are the invention of Mr. Hall, which for perfection of the work 
accomplished are the best , in use. The mill machinery is run by a powerful engine 
of 20x24 inch cylinder, fed from a battery of five large tulnilar boilers, which make 
steam for salt manufacture, and the annual output aggregates 4n,()00,0(H) shingles 
and 50,000 sets of heading. The shingles are shipped to Buffalo, Tonawanda 
and other eastern market supply depots. Mr. Hall also operates three salt wells, 
each supplied with drill house and pony engine equipments, an extensive salt block 
or evaporating house; packing and storage departments, with other appurtenances 
and conveniences, and manufactures 5O,O0J barrels of salt yearly, which are disposed 
of through the Michigan Salt Association, in which he enjoys tiie privilege of mem- 
bership. He employs about one hundred hands in his business and the annual 
returns represent a large valuation. 

Mr. Hall is a gentleman of enterprise, and keenly alive to the development of 
Bay City and her material interests, to which his establishment has so largely con- 
v.ributed. 

STANDARD HOOP CO. 



Jliuuifaet lire I'M of Cut and Sawed IIoo|»!-i — Wewt Bay City. 

'The manufacture of hoops is an industry conducted in West Bay City with signal 
advantage to the capital invested and the trade which is supplied. The Standard 
Hoop Company is a leading establishment in this field of usefulness, and occupies 
a prominent position. It was organized in July, 188(5. by John M. Kelton, Harrison 
Miller and Rphraim J. Kelton, whose labors and enterprise have resolved small 
beginnings into large projjortions, and built up a trade of very considerable magni- 
tude. The property included in the enter[)rise occupies five acres of ground, with 
adequate facilitie.s for the manufacture, storage and shipment of the products, and 
is otherwise adaptive to the uses for which it is employed. The mill is 50x120 feet 
in size, substantially constructed, and well equipped with machinery and mechanical 
appliances for rapiil and economical service. The logs are first cut into one and 
one-half inch boards by an improved band saw, thence conveyed to the steaming vats, 
to steam the planks, thence to the machine that fashions the rough material into 
hoops, thence passing through other processes, until finished and ready for the 
market. The best material only is used, ami every precaution is taken in their 
manufacture, to the end thiit the articles shall conform to the exacting requirements 
of the trade, in the matters of strength and dural)ility. Their products are patent 
coiled elm, barrel and keg hoi>ps. They give employment to thirty live hands, turn 
out 12.000,0(X) hoops annually, and supply an increasing demand as far west as 
California, and in the South; also in New York and Pennsylvania. 

The Messrs. Kelton are natives of New Jersey, and Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania. 
They have resided in West Bay City for upward of twenty years, most of that period 
engciged in the lumber business. They are enter|)ri8ing, public-spirited citizens, 
and their manufacture has acquired reputation and trade in all portions of the 
countrv. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



SMALLEY BROS. & CO., VALLEY IRON WORKS. 



Ulanfrs. Steam Engines, Saw Mill and Salt Works Machinery— :405 Saginaw St. 




One of the most extensive, best equipped and widely Itnown iron industries in the 
Saginaw Valley, is the Valley Iron Works, owned and operated by Smalley Bros. & 
Co. It is a representative enterprise of its kind, and enjoys an extended reputation 
for the excellence of its products. The works were first established about 1870, by 
the firm of Smalley Bros. & Catlin, to which the firm of Smalley Bros. & Lewis, sub- 
sequently succeeded. The latter continued in the management of the concern Tintil 
1874, when the present firm, composed of William Smalley, D. C. Smalley and W. T. 
Smalley was organized, and has since directed operations with results that have 
given to the works a position of prominence, and a reputation extended and invalu- 
able. 

The plant is located at No. 205 Saginaw street, a superior site for the purposes of 
the business, and occupies a large area of territory convenient to trade centers, and 
fully equipped for shipping, receiving, and Ihe storage of goods. It includes the 
machine shop, a building 60x160 feet in dimensions, supplied with boring mill 
machinery, steam hammers, drills, lathes, planers, key-seating machines, gear cutters, 
etc. The foundrf , at the rear of the machine shop, is 60x80 feet in size, and equally 
complete in its equipments. They also have large storehouses adjoining, and in 
1888 completed the erection of a four-story white brick building, 60x75 feet in dimen- 
sions, to be used for office and salesroom purposes, also for the storage of valuable 
patterns used in the business. Their specialties are salt-well machinery, Oraney's 
patent mill dog, etc., also building steam engines and saw-mill machinery of 
every grade and description, and carrying in stock all sizes of engine governors, 
steam pumps, inspirators and patent boiler injectors, gas pipe and well tubing, brass 
goods, etc., which are supplied to the trade at prices that compete with those of any 
similar establishment in the country. They employ a force of from sixty to seventy- 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 53 

five operatorB, and do a large busiuess locally, and in the Valley, in addition to 
responding to demands for certain lines of their products frona all parte of the 
United States. 

The members of the firm are men of the largest experience and a thorough under- 
standing of tlie busiuess, in all its departments and branches, and the facilities 
enjoyed for supplying engines, null and other macliinery to the trade, entitle the 
works to the {jromineut and enviable position they now occupy among the industrial 
interests of the State. 



fJOHN WELCH. 

rTTfiTberl.'HniiiirartuiM'r — ^Bet. :Sli(llaiid Mt. ami Itailroad IlriilKe— Went Bay City. 

r The old "Drake Mill" will always be inseparably entwined with the history of 
pioneer days in the Saginaw Valley. It was built by J. and S. Drake, brothers, 
who came here from Canada in 1851, and at once erected the premises, upon a forty 
acre tract, purchased from the wife of James G. Biruey, now deceased. In 18r)3 
they sold it to Kibbee, Whitteniore & Co., by whom it was in turn disjjosed of, and 
after running the gauntlet of ownership a number of times, was tinally purchased by 
John Welch, the present proprietor, in IKSl. In the year following, the mill was 
destroyed by fire, but immediately rebuilt, and running during the winter of the 
same year. The plant is located on ground in West Bay City, between Midland 
street and the Michigan Central railroad bridge, and besides being one of the oldest 
mill sites on the river, is one of the best arranged and appointed, containing booms, 
commodious piling grounds, fine river frontage and docks, with all neceseary 
buildings and equipments. 

The mill is 8l)xl'20 feet in size, supplied with all necessary machinery and devices, 
that will increase the volume of the output, and operated by steam. It embraces 
two large circular saws, shot gun steam feed carriage,andotherequiiiments, including 
an automatic saw tiling apparatus. The engine is of two hundred and fifty horse- 
power, feii from a battery of five steel boilers, 4x18 feet in dimensions, with seven 
inch flues each, two boilers in the boom 5x16 feet, eight inch lines each. The logs 
from which the lumber is cut, are obtained in Northern and Northwestern Michigan, 
and the output aggregates 18,(J0(),(IU(J feet during each season. His sfecialty is the 
making of large timbers for railroad sills, etc., ranging frcm 8^x4J inches and 34 feet 
in length, through vaiious gradations, smaller and larger, as the trade demands. He 
employs from fifty to sixty hands, and ships his manufacture to the eastern markets. 

Mr. Welch is an enterprising, energetic citizen, alive to the interests of West Bay 
City antl the surrounding country, and his milling industry has proved a valuable 
auxiliary in the promotion of such objects. , 



: WEST BAY CITY IRONlCO. 

<'ro^vley A Kainer. l'roiiri«'torj*— .llalii [and Waf«liiii«;loii;'^tM. Mowf Bay flly. 

The West Bay City Iron Company, a recent aciiuisition to the material interests 
of the city, whence its name is derived, was established in May, 1>-8S, by Ciiarles 
Crowley and Charles Kaiser, practical machinists, and familiar with the requirements 
of the business in which they have embarked, in all the varied departments included 
within the scope of its operation. They are located at the corner of Main and Wash- 
ington streets, a site convenient and desirable, where tlu'y occupy premises '25x100 
feet in size for workshop purposes, equipped and arranged witli machinery and 
appliances to secure perfection of work in their liiu- of manufacture. To the rear 
of this, they have erected a foundry 30x5(1 feet in dimensions, containing all requisite 
appointments for operations in that department of the enterprise. Though but 
lately organized, their facilities for handling orders and supplyiug demands made 
upon the productive capacity of their establishment are complete, and no delay is 
experienced in filling same. The materials conii)osir.g their products are the best 
obtainable, and they have already secured a merited reputation for superiority in 
that connection. They employ ten hands, and are rapidly building up a proBjjerons 
business in the city and vicinity. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



D. B. PERRY. 



l>riiKS;>«t and Pliarinacist— Mi<llaii<l St., opposite the Postoffice. 

The pharmacy of D. B. Perry was estab- 
lished in West Bay City during 1880, and 
his business has been attended with a con- 
tinually prospering experience. He is seniar 
partner in the extensive establishment of a 
similar character in Bay City, being head of 
the firm of Perry & Swaby, corner of Center 
avenue and Adams street. He enjoys un- 
usual facilities for obtaining the purest and 
freshest of drugs and chemicals, and his 
stock is one of the most complete carried by 
any similar house in the trade. He is 
located on Midland street, the main business 
thoroughfare of West Bay City, opposite 
the postoffice, a location as prominent as it 
is desirable, in premises 25x100 feet in size, 
handsomely apportioned and appointed, and 
equipped with the latest and most available 
conveniences. His specialty is prescriptions, 
to the compounding of which he brings not 
only the purest of ingredients but a perfect 
knowledge of the science of pharmacy, expe- 
rience, and an invaluable reputation for 
care and reliability. His stock embraces 
drugs and druggists' sundries, chemicals and 
medicinal compounds, extracts, preparations, 
etc., in addition to choice lines of meer- 
schaum goods and the most select brands of 
Havana, Key West and domestic cigars. He 
employs a competent force of skilled chem- 
ists, and does a large local trade, as also an 
extensive business throughout the country 
adjoining. 




WEST BAY CITY MANUFACTURING CO. 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Iiuinber— W^est Bay City. 

The West Bay City Lumber Manufacturing Comyjany was organized in 1881, by 
the Hon. S. O. Fisher, A. A. Crane and P. B. Cole, and is located at a desirable 
and accessible point in West Bay City, occupying a considerable area of territory, 
well improved and possessing superior shipping facilities. The planing mill is a 
commodious structure, one hundred feet square, furnished with every convenience 
and machinery of the latest improved pattern for dressing and trimming lumber, 
driven by steam, employing a force of fifty hands, with a daily capacity of 75,000 feet 
of dressed lumber. Adjacent to the mill, are large storage sheds and other buildings 
necessary to the business, also extensive yard accommodations, the firm being also 
extensive dealers in logs and lumber. 

The members of the firm are well known men of enterprise, whose efforts in the 
promotion of business endeavor in the Saginaw Valley are part of the history of this 
portion of the country. 



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55 



PERRY & SWABY. 

I»r«iK-'*>*** "•"' I'liariiiJHixtx < cnU'r A \ «'. and AdaiiiN ^t. 

The druj; and prescription house 
of Terry Sc Swaby, made up of D. 
B. Perry and Gnstavns A. Swaby, 
was orf,'anized in April, 1888. The 
senior member has been for many 
years engaged in the same line of 
business, and still carries on an 
establishment devoted to jilianna- 
ceiitlcal purposes at No. lij'J Mid- 
land street, West Bay City. Else- 
where will be found an extended 
notice of bis separate business. 
Previous to becoming associated 
with Mr. Perry, Mr. Swaby was in 
the employ of L. S. Coinans, and 
latterly with his present i)artner. 
Tlieir success is assured, and their 
equipment complete and desirable. 
They occupy the main door and 
basement of a building at the cor- 
ner of Center avenue and Adams 
street, the premises being 25x100 
feet in dimensions, with style in 
the api)oiutmeuts and furnishings 
exceptional as they are superior. 
The store is most eligiljly located, 
and is exceptionally well stocked, 
l^he supplies include the purest 
c[ualities of drugs and chemicals, standard medicinal extracts and preparations, 
medical appliances, surgical instruments, etc., and the general run of medicaments, 
and materials adapted to the requirements of the trade. Their specialty is the 
compounding of prescriptions, in which only superior chemicals are used and in which 
they exercise extraordinary care and circumspection. They eni()loy the usual staff 
of clerks, and supply a large local demand. The gentlemen to whose enterprise this 
recent addition to Bay City's trade resources has been made, are well known and 
highly esteemed, and each enjoys a reoutation which is, in itself, a guaranty of their 
etock and fair dealing 




.YOUNG AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE. 



A. W.'Lew ifiHteiii,' I'loprietor— Rouecli Illork. FifJirninliWater StH. 

The Young American Clothing House was established in 1870 by Mr. A. W. 
Lewinstein, and for eighteen years he has not only conducted a successful enterprise, 
but contributed materially to the advancement of Bay City and the promotion of ita 
welfare. The premises occupied are 25x80 feet in (limensions, neatly fitted up for 
the purposes to which they are adapted, and furnished with conveniences requisite 
to the business. Mr. Lewinstein carries a large and select stock of goods in his 
line, including men's, youths', boys' and children's reaily-made clothing, the product 
of P^asteru manufacture, and also deals in gentlemen's furnishing goods, in great 
variety of every description, embracing ties, colhirs, cuffs, underwear, ho.se, etc.. etc., 
the selection of which, as also of liis stocks of wearing apparel, he attends to person- 
ally, visiting the Eastern markets each season for that purpose. He employs a full 
force of clerks and salesmen, and does a large l>ufiiuess in the city and vicinity. 

The management «)f the establishment is marke<l with enter{)ri8e and liberality, 
and the character of its commodities, as, likewise, its busiqess methods, have 
inspired an extensive trade with confidence. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



MOSHER & FISHER. 



liuniber and Pine Liands— 5f. E. €or. Micllantl and l^lnn Sts.— M'est Bay City. 

The tirm of Mosher & Fisher, extensive dealers in lumber and pine lands, with 
their office at the northeast corner of Midland and Linn streets, West Bay 

City, was organized in 1873. It is composed 
of Alfred Mosher and Spencer O. Fisher. 
They are men of large means, great energy 
and enterprise, and have very largely con- 
tributed lo the development and improvement 
of West Bay City. They own immense tracts 
of timber lands and formerly operated mills. 
Of late, however, their logs have been cut by 
jobbers, and delivered at mills in the Saginaw 
Valley, where it is turned into lumber, docked 
and sold principally for eastern markets. 
Their annual product averages 70,000,000 feet, 
and their transactions are among the largest in 
the Northwest. Alfred Mosher, the senior 
partner, is a resident of Troy, N.Y., the business 
here being managed by Albert Mosher, Jr., and 
the Hon. S. O. Fisher. The latter is a native of 
this State, and located inWeuonaiu 1871. He is 
1 one of the largest lumber operators in the 
.West, and during his residence in West Bay 
; City, has contributed very largely to the build- 
;ingupcf the city and surroundings. He has 
; served as Mayor of the city, represented tbe 
^"'"' Tenth Michigan District in Congress for 
two terms, and procured the location of the 
United States Court in Bay City after an 
arduous struggle. He is in all respects a 
HUJN. s. o. j-iBUKK. remarkable man, and his career furnishes an 

example that will inspire modest worth to noble ends. 




TOUSEY & TURNER. 



Pine Lands, LiOgs and liUniber— Xo. 503 Jk 503 Phoenix Block. 

The firm of Tousey & Turner was organized and became an established factor of 
influence and importance among the substantial enterprises of Bay City in 1885. It 
is composed of Wilson H. Tousey and Joseph Turner, and the scope of their opera- 
tions is confiued to dealings in pine lands, logs and lumber. They are located in the 
Phoenix block, corner of Washington and Center avenues, where they occupy suite 
No. 502 & 508, and are among the most influential firms in their lines of business in the 
State. They own large and valuable tracts of pine lands in Arenac, Iosco, Gladwyn, 
Presque Isle, Crawford and Marquette Counties, this State, and elsewhere, and their 
manufacture of lumber is done at various mills, contiguous to the base of supplies, 
by contract at so much per thousand feet, and averages fiom twenty-five to thirty 
millions of feet per annum. They also sell logs extensively to mills and others, and 
during the season of 1887-8 transported 12,000,000 feet of logs to Bay City by rail 
and as many feet by water, 7,000,000 feet of the latter consignment having been rafted 
from Presque Isle. Their shipments are largely to the Eastern markets. 

The members of the firm are representative, public spirited citizens and merchants. 
Previous to embarking in the present undertaking, Mr. Tousey had been engaged in 
the hardware business as head of the firm of Tousey & Jennison. Mr. Turner has, for 
twenty-five years, been extensively interested in tbe various branches of the lumber 
industry, and is the present head of the firm of Joseph Turner & Co., also dealers in 
lumber at No. 502 Phoenix block. They are both prominent in all enterprises 
designed to benefit Bay City, Mr. Tousey being President of the Citizens' Association 
here. 



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ROOT, WILLISTON & CO. 

M'lioleMule l>«'ul«>rN in Fiiilay'H Toledo leaser Uoei'—\o. :£!.'{ Xoi-lli J«-nVrHoii Nt. 

Oue of tlie foremost houses of Bay City, dealing in lager beer, aerateil beverages, 
etc., and extensively engaged in the manufacture of fine cigars, ih that'of Hoot, 
"VVilliston A: Co., composed of Carlos E. Root, George A. Williston and. Horace M. 
Williston. The firm was established in 1S81, and enjoys unsurpassed facilities for 
supplying tlie trade with the best qualities of goods in the lines wherein it deals. 
Its success has been large, and the business has been constantly increasing and 
extending. 

They are located at No. 213 North Jefferson street, on the main line of the Flint 
&, Pere Manjuette road, and, in addition to superiority of site, possess shipping 
conveniences that are not excelled by those <jf any similar establishment in the 
city. The main building of the plant is two .'stories high, l(Hix25 feet in dimensions, 
and provided with all requisite eciuipmeuts for the business to which it is appro- 
priated. The tirst floor is devoted to bottling i)urposes, wherein large quantities of 
FinlaVs celel)rated Toledo lager beer, stock and pale ales and porters, in which they 
are large whoUsale dealers, are prepared for delivery to consumers, and in manner 
so secure as that it retains its excellent tonic properties for an almost unlimited 
period, in any climate. The second floor is occupied as a cigar factory, in which 
a large force is employed, and where a larger number of cigars are turned out daily 
than at any other concern of its kind in Bay City, their chief brands being " Valley 
Lily." "Michigan Central," 'My Partner," etc., in ten-cent goods; and in five-cent 
goods, " (rem," "Nips," "Champion," "Nabob," etc. Their manufacture of carbon- 
ated beverages is carried on in an annf x. '25x80 feet in dimensions, to the rear of the 
main building, and fully e(iuipped with all the latest machinery suited to the 
purpo=^e, driven by steam. The i)roducts of this branch of the business embrace 
pop, ginger ale, soda water, champagne cider, etc.. compounded from the purest 
ingredients. They give employment to a force of thirty of)eratives, clerks and 
assistants, and do a large and growing trade in the city and throughoat the Valley, 
as also in the northern portions of the State. 

The members of the firm are among the most enterprising and substantial 
merchants and citizens of Bay City, and the house is well known as one at which 
goods are kept in stock of the best quality only, and fi.r which the price is fixed 
upon a liberal basis, commensurate with their actual worth. 



GREAT EASTERN CLOTHING HOUSE. 



AI>lowitK Itroy.. I'roprietorM Xo. H04 Water St., Ihtoux'm <>1<I Stand. 

The Great Eastern Clothing House of Bay City was established in 1882. by 
Abraham D. Ablowitz and Julius Ablowitz, comprising the firm of Ablowitz Brothers, 
young men to whose enterprise and business discernment, the public is indebted for 
one of the most popular and frequented resorts in its line of busine.ss m the city. 
The success of the firm began with its organization, and from that date has bten 
coincident with its progress and the development of trade in Nort!>east Michigan. 

They occu|)V the three-story and basement edifice at Xo. H()4 Water street, near 
Center, a building 2.")x!M) feet in its jjroportions. and known for years as "Leroux's 
Old Stand," a merchant whom the Messrs. .\blowitz succeeded. The premises are 
finely located for business purposes, being in the center of that portion of the city 
reserved to the occupation of commercial and industrial enterpri-es, and arranged 
and equipped for the convenience of trade and the expeditious transaction of atTairs 
connected therewitli. They carry a large and full stock of goods in their line, 
including clothing of the best eastern make, gents' furnisliing goods, trunks, valises, 
etc., chosen with care in the New York and other eastern markets, and do a corres- 
pondingly large trade in the city and vicinity, re<iuiring the services of a force of 
clerks to handle successfully. 

The members of the firm are well-known and highly esteemed in business circles, 
and the commercial i)rosperity they enjoy is the reward of honorable effort in the 
domain of trade. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 59 



MERRILL, FIFIELD & CO. 



WhoU'SHlr <;iini>r«-Xos. lOftS A^ 1007 Xortli Water Nt. 

Oae of the l;ir>;est and most extensively enyaijed wholesale fjrocery firms in Bay 
City, is that of Merrill, Fitield k, Co. The business was established in 1871, by 
(xiietia k Merrill. Five years later, Mr. Eugene Fifield purchased an interest in the 
concern, and the firm name became Gustin, Merrill Sc Fifield, so continuing until 
1885. Meanwhile, in 1883, Mr. Herman Meisel was admitted as a partner. Two years 
later Mr. Gustin retired, and the present firm was organized, composed of H. P. Merrill, 
Eugene Fifleli and Herman Meisel. Since 1871, when the firm first started, their 
accomraodatioas have been reneatetllv enlarged, and their facilities increased in 
answer to the demands of their trade. Along in 1876, they erected a commodious 
warehouse to the rear of their store, which was subsequently destroyed by fire, but 
rebuilt. At that date, and until 1887, they occupied the northern portion (jf the 
Jennison block, corner of Fifth and North Water streets. Limited accommodations, 
however, again compelled them to seek more commodious quarters, and they removed, 
during the Fall of the latter year, to their present site at Nos. 1005 k. 1007 North 
Water streat, a location uusurpasseJ. The premises occupied consist of a two-story 
brick building, having a frontage of fifty-five feet on Water street, with a depth of 
one hundred feet to a warehouse, two stories high, -iOxGO feet in dimensions, and 
fronting upon the docks, in addition to which the M. C. R. R. Co. have recently built 
for them an elevator with a capacity of 100,000 bushels of grain, which they occupy 
in connection with another warehouse, 100.x60 feet in dimensions. The store is fur- 
nished with an improved elevator system, is well lighted and ventilated, and contains 
all modern improvements and conveniences for the display, sale, shipment and 
storage of stock, or the transaction of business. 

J They carry heavy stocks of groceries, staple and fancy, also grocers' sundries, and 
pay special attention to the selection of teas, sugars and coffees, obtaining same from 
first, hands, and exercising unusual care in the selection of the purest and freshest of 
these commodities. Their lines of fancy groceries embrace delicacies and substan- 
tials, canned and potted meats, fruits and preserves, sauces, pickles, etc., etc., tobacco, 
cigars, flour, pork, salt meats; lumbermen's supplies, etc., being also included on 
their lists, and sold to the trade upon the most liberal terms, and at the lowest prices. 
They are also extensive manufacturers of spices and baking powder; their products 
enjoying an established and wide-spread reputation for purity and superiority of 
materials. They employ a force of seventeen clerks, salesmen and assistants, also 
three traveling men, and do a very large business in Northern and Northwestern 
Michigan, in addition to a heavy trade in Bay City and throughout the luml)er 
regions. 

The house is a model of its kind in the Northwest, directed by men who combine 
enterprise and business ability, and whose operations have been characterized by 
liberality and business methoils, that have securetl the confidence of a large and 
steadily increasing patronage. In addition to their |)reseut investment they own and 
direct the Hapsburg stock farm. This latter is a tract of one hundred and sixty 
acres, located in Monitor township. Bay County, and until 18S5 was used for agricul- 
tural purposes. In the latter year, however, Messrs. Merrill and Fitield purchased a 
herd of Herefords, and in December of the same year imported a herd of ten. of a 
similar breed, from England. They own the celebrated Clarence (J rove, (0.700); 
imported Tom Wilton. (O.Hii); Lovely 2d. (2,107), one of the best cows of tiie Hereford 
strain; Greenhorn .'ith and others of the same breed, and have, with their herds, 
taken first prize at the Northeastern, Northwestern, and other fairs in Michigan and 
the adjoining States, where they have been entered. In this undertaking tliey have 
met with the most gratifying success, and their efforts for the promotion of stock- 
raising, have commended the firm to universal approval. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



WATSON BROS. & TOSSELL. 



Pluiubers, Is^teani and (Sas-Fitters— Xo. 831 A^ortli Water St. 

The plumbing house of Watson Bros. 
& Tossell was established in 188i. The 
firm is composed of Robert S. Watson, 
Benjamin J. Watson and John P. Tossell. 
It is a thoroughly reliable concern, among 
the leading houses in its line in the city, 
and its work of sanitary plumbing cannot 
be excelled by any similar establishment. 
The firm occupies a leading position in 
the column of Bay City's industrial 
factors, and the reputation enjoyed, both 
as to stock carried, and services rendered, 
is as extended as it is deserved and valu- 
able. 

They carry on business at No. 821 
North Water street, in premises con- 
tained in a two-story building, but are 
preparing, owing to the requirements of 
the trade, to take possession of larger 
and more eligible accommodations, on the 
same thoroughfare as that upon which 
they are at present located. Their stock 
includes everything in the line of 
plumbers', steam and gas-fitters' mate- 
rials, and their line of work embraces 
everything to which their art can be 
applied, such as sanitary plumbing, gas and steam-fitting, connectmg sewerage pipes, 
etc. They also manufacture Watson's steam heater (their own patent), are manufac- 
turers' agents for the Auburn stea m heater, and carry full Hues of heaters of the McGee, 
Symonds and other patterns. They are prepared to furnish estimates, and undertake 
contracts for the execution of work in their several departments, in this connection 
having completed large jobs at Ludington, Alpena and at other points in the State. 
Duriijg 1888, they held a large number of prominent contracts in temporary abey- 
ance, owing to the difficulty experienced in obtaining the class of men required in 
the work, the firm declining to employ any but the most experienced and skillful. 
Owing also to this cause, but fifteen were on the pay-roll of the firm in the summer 
of 1888. All members of the firm are practical artisans, and all jobs are personally 
supervised by one of them, thus affording evidence not only of their care and 
diligence as producers, but a guaranty to customers of absolute perfection of work. 
Their trade is in the city and State. Individually the members of the firm are 
held in high esteem by the community, and their continued growth and prosperity 
seem assured.:^ 

C. H. BRADLEY MOO. 




L<iimber Inspeotoi-s and Sliipiiers— Cottrell Block. 

One of the most prominent representatives or an important branch of the Jumoer 
industry in the Valley, is the lumber inspection and shipping house of C. H. Bradley 
& Co., located in the Cottrell block. Mr. Bradley is a native of Ohio, coming to Bay 
City in 1855, and commencing, in 1871, the business with which he has since been 
identified, with headquarters here, and branches at Au Sable and Oscoda, also at 
Menominee. Their business is the purchase of lumber for shipment to the Eastern 
markets, and the unusual facilities they possess for obtaining stock enables them to 
offer inducements to the trade that are unequalled, and have established them as the 
largest shippers in this vicinity. 

Their purchases are made in all portions of the State, and either sent direct to 
the consignee East, or to the branches at Au Sable and Oscoda, which are managed 
by W. A. Rose, who owns an interest therein, and to Menominee, in which A. F. 
Underwood and John S. Coman own an interest, and under whose direction affairs 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 61 



there are oondacted. Their Bhipmeate from all these points embrace all (grades and 
qualities of fine lumber, Norway pine, etc., and havinjf a thorough knowjedpe of the 
business of inspecting these lines, as also entire familiarity with the re'iuirements of 
the trade, and a well earned reputation for reliability and the prompt execution of 
orders, their services are constantly in demand by dealers and others. For three 
years prior to 18HS, they handled an average of l(Kt,0"lVb() feet of lumber annually, 
and during 1888 completed contracts involving the delivery of 12r),()(i(),(iO() feet of 
same. They employ a competent force of salaried assistants, including a number of 
e.xpert inspectors, and ship largely to New York and Chicago, as also to distributing 
points in Ohio. 

The members of the firm are well-known for their enterprise and honoral)le l)usi- 
nesB methods, and the house is one of the best managed undertakings in the Lower 
Peninsula. 

PITTS & CRANAGE. 

llannfHetarerH or liUnilter. liUtli aii<l Salt — Foot of WaNhineton Kt. 

One of the most extensive mill and salt properties in the State is owned and 
operated by Pitts <fe Cranage, a firm composed of Thomas Pitts of Detroit, and 
Thomas Cranage of this city, and located at the foot of Washington street. In 18"j8, 
the present mill site was occupied with a mill of limited capacity, erected by Baugh- 
man it Partridge. In 1856, the property was sold to the late Samuel Pitts of Detroit, 
who increased its capacity from 3(),()00 to 1,000,000 feet. In 18(55 the capacity of the 
mill was again increased, and the firm of Samuel Pitts & Co. was established. 
Three years later Mr. Pitts died, and the firm of Thomas Pitts Sz. Co. succeeded, to 
be in turn succeeded by the present firm. In 1874, the old mill with an annual 
capacity of r2,0iX),0OO feet was destroyed by fire. The premises were at once 
rebuilt, however, and the capacity increased to 25,000,01)0 feet, and with the planing 
mills, river frontage, docking and shipping facilities, piling grounds capable of hold- 
ing 9,000,(K30 feet of lumber, booms, a river frontage of 1,630 feet, etc., make up, as 
stated, one of the largest and most valuable plants of the kind in Michigan. 

The mill proper is 150x100 feet in size, substantially built, and in all respects as 
complete in equipment, as experience can suggest or mechanical skdl can supply. 
It includes a Wickes Brotliers' powerful gang mill, two circular saws, steam feed 
carriage, edgers, trimmers, lath and heading mills, with other requisite appliances 
and tools. The engines supplying the motive power to this immense school of pro- 
duction, so to speak, are two in number, one of 250 horse-power, and the other 
of 160 horse-power, fed from two batteries of steel tubular boilers, one consisting 
of four boilers, each 5x12 feet, and one of two boilers 6x16 feet in dimensions each, 
also three other boilers. 

The salt industry was established in 1863, under the administration of Samuel 
Pitts X' Co., and embraces six wells, with an extensive salt block, packing iiouse, 
cooperage and other buildings necessary to the business, the steam for ojierating 
which, comes from the three large boilers above named, the fuel used being automatic- 
ally delivered into a refuse burner, connected with the latter equipment. The 
products of the mills include 25.000,000 feet of lumber, 4,500.000 lath, 1,200,000 
staves and 300,000 pieces of heading; that of the salt wells 60,0(li) barrels of salt. 
The former is shipped east, the latter being disposed of through the .Michigan Salt 
Association, of which the firm are meml)ers. The i)lant, located in the heart of the 
city, enclosed by tracks of the Flint and Pere Marquette and Michigan Central roads, 
enjoys in aildition to water facilities, rail shipping conveniences, the value of which 
cannot be too highly estimated. It also includes within its area twenty-six tenement 
houses, erected also under the administration of Samuel Pitts .t Co.. for the special 
convenience of employes, who pay a nominal rent only, for the fullest complement 
of home comforts. They employ a force of 180 hands, many of whom have grown 
from youth to manhood, middle life and old age in tlieir service, in addition to 
twenty-five horses, and do an annual business of very large proportions. 

Of the members of the firm, Mr. Pitts resides in Detroit, and Mr. Cranage in Bay 
City, where he directs o[)eratioiis. They are represeutative citizens and manufact- 
urers, types of the men who have erected cities and founded enterprises in the Lower 
Peninsula. Bay City owes its origin, development, growth and prosperity, to the 
liberality and public spirit of this class of citizens, a class among which Messrs. 
Pitts and Cranage are, and have been, the leading factors. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



C. M. EMERSON. 




Sair IVorks— Repairing a Specialty— Xo. 240 Sforth li'ater St. 

By far the best known and among the^ 
most generally patronized establishments 
in Bay City, devoted to the manufacture, 
sale and repair of saws, are the saw works 
of C. M. Emerson, at No. 240 North Water 
street. They ;were established by Mr- 
Emerson in , 1882, and have since been 
managed under his direction with annually 
increasing reputation and prosperity. 

He is a mechanical genius, son of J. E. 
Emerson, of Beaver Falls, Pa., manufac- 
turer of the famous Emerson saw, sold and 
used all over the world. And although a 
collegian, a medical student and pharmacist 
at times in his life, his natural aptitude for 
mechanics, has asserted itself and compelled 
his return to the business of his father. 
He has had twenty-three years experience 
as a saw manufacturer and repairer, and 
enjoys advantages in his special lines over 
all other saw makers in the State. Of the four hundred large saws repaired by him 
during the past year, but two have been returned. He makes a specialty of repair- 
ing inserted tooth saws of all kinds, and keeps planer teeth in stock at all times, 
thereby enabling him to fill orders without delay, and if the saws sent him to be 
repaired are not needed for immediate use, they are stored until wanted for work^ 
Another specialty of Mr. Emerson is the restoration of burnt saws by a process of 
his own, known as the " Damascus process,"' by which the injured tool is retempered, 
reground, polished and put in perfect order for operations. He also manufactures' 
moulding and 
planing knives, 
and carries full 
stocks of all 
kinds of saws, 
except the buck 
saw, and tools 
for use by filers 
and gummers. 
In addition to 
the business 
above referred 
to, Mr. Emerson 

controls the _.^ „ „ 

patent rieht for "^=«?»!Ps»Hi«ipf^ 

Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana of a recently invented automatic moulding 
machine, capable of turning out a superior grade of carved moulding for interior 
decoration of houses, in a manner more artistic and cheaper than that done by hand. 
He employs a corhpetent force of assistants, and his trade extends to every hamlet, 
village and town in Michigan, as also throughout the Northwest. He is known as 
one of the most expert and experienced in his line in the State, and his services are 
in constant requisition the year round, an expression of appreciation conclusive of 
the confidence reposed in him by the trade and the public. 




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63 



BISSELL & MATHER. 



Hardware, Ntovrx. I'liiiits. Kte.— Xo. «OI Went nidlaiul Wt.-WoHt Hay <'it.v. 

The extensive hardware house 
now owned and managed by T. E. 
Bissell and E. L. Mather, compos- 
ing the firm of Bissell A: Mather, 
was established bv H. and H. S. 
Lewis in 1881. Duriuj,' 1887. the 
present firm purchased the busi- 
ness and have since directed its 
uiniluct with results so prosi)er<)U8 
that they liave been obliged to 
''ularge their accommodations and 
increase their facilities to enable 
them to supply the demands of 
the trade. They are located at 
No. 201 West Midland street, a site 
in the commercial center of West 
Bay City, adjacent to lines of trans- 
Dortation and otherwise desirable. 
They occupy a handsome two story 
brick building 2.5x12.") feet in dimen- 
-sions, attractively titled up, neatly 
appointed and well equipped. 
Their stocks are very full and com- 
plete, selected and purchased with 
care and at prices that enable them 
to offer the inducements of quality and rates not excelled in the Bay Cities. Budders*^ 
supplies are their specialty, and being provided with commodious yard and ware- 
house conveniences, they handle extensive lots of shingles, sash, doors, blinds and 
other lumber products. In hardware they are prepared to furnish all grades and 
every description of supplies in that line, of foreign and domestic manufacture, 
including shelf and household hardware, mechanical tools, appliances and cutlery; 
also paints and oils, with other articles appertaining to the requirements of the 
service. 




W. D. RICHARDSON. 



Sheet IKaslo, llusioal Instruments. Ntationery, School Itooks. ArtiNtH' Hate- 
rialM. Eto.— Xo. 580S Center Avenue. 

The enterprising music, book and stationery store of W. D. Richardson was 
founded in 1880 by G. E. Van Syckle. In the fall' of 1887, however, Mr. Kichardson 
purchased the establishment, and has .since directed its management and interests 
with steadily increasing and protitable results, that furnish ample evidence of the 
high esteem in which he is held by the large trade to the wants of which he success- 
fully ministers. Mr. Richardson is located at No. 208 Center avenue, a site of unsur- 
passed excellence, where he occupies handsome premises, 2.5x100 feet in dimensions, 
and furnished with all modern conveniences and facilities for the display of goods 
and the transaction of business, and where he carries a very large ami complete 
stock of every article adapted to the wants of the trade. His specialties are sheet 
music and musical instruments of all kinds, also stationery, of which he handles the 
leading and most select lines, both im[)orted and domestic; dealing also in school 
books, elementary and advanced, of all descriptiims; miscellaneous books, blank 
books, pictures, picture frames, mouldings, artists' materials, nick-nacks, notions 
and bijouterie generally. This is the only store of its kind in the city, and the trade, 
which is largely local, is of no inconsiderable magnitude throughout the surrounding 
country. He employs a full staff of competent and courteons assistants, and is a 
prominent figure in commercial circles, owning an establishment of elegant and 
remarkable features, furnishing only the best qualities in the line of goods offered, 
and achieving a success upon the basis of deserving merit. 



64 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



SELIGMAN & ROSSMAN. 



\%^holesale aud Retail Clothiers— :Ko. 1004 ^Vater iiit. 

The wholesale and retail clothing house of Seligman & Rossman was established 
by Joseph Seligman (brother of "Little Jake" Seligman, the millionaire banker of 
East Saginaw) and Frank Rossman, in 1880, and has grown to be one of the strongest 
and most important, in its line, in the Lower Peninsula. They have built up a large 
and growing business which extends in almost every direction throughout the vast 
extent of territory naturally tributary to Bay City. ' 

They occupy the two-story and basement building, 25x100 feet in size, at No. 1004 
Water street, commodious premises, handsomely and accessibly located, and con- 
veniently arranged for purposes of the trade. The basement is used for the storage 
of stock, the first floor for the display and sales departments, and the second floor as 
the merchant tailoring department, in which every facility is furnished for the 
making up of garments in the latest style of fashion, or as the taste of customers 
may suggest. They carry very large stocks of ready-made clothing, products of the 
best Eastern manufactories, selected with discriminating care, and suited to toe 
requirements of the trade. They also keep on hand equally large supplies of hats, 
caps, furnishing goods, boots and shoes, notions, and special lines of garments 
adapted to the substantial wear required in the lumber mills. They do a large and 
annually increasing trade in Bay City and vicinity, besides supplying a demand 
among lumbermen and farmers throughout the North and West portions of the State, 
and giving employment to a full force of clerks and salesmen. 

The members of the firm are active, enterprising citizens and merchants, who 
have a large capital invested, and have done much to develop the industrial resources 
of this section. Their house stands very high in commercial circles, and the trade 
it enjoys is the product of its enterprise, the quality of its output and its fidelity to 
correct business methods. 



WILLIAM LOOSE. 



Mnfr. and Dealer in Furniture and Fiineral Director— Midland and Henry Sts.— 

l¥estBay City. 

One of the "oldest manufacturers of, and dealers in furniture in Bay County, is 
Mr. William Loose, whose place of business is at the corner of Midland and Henry 
streets. West Bay City. Beginning operations in a small way during 1864, he has 
grown with the years, extending his field of usefulness, and building up a trade, 
both extensive and prosperous. He owns and occupies an imposing brick building 
at the corner above stated, one of the most accessible and desirable locations for 
trade in the city. The premises are three stories high, 50x100 feet in dimensions, 
finely furnished and equipped, with large and attractive show windows, also every 
convenience for the display of stock, or the transaction of business. He carries very 
large and complete lines of everything in the way of furniture, or appertaining 
thereto. On the main floor are bedroom suites, wardrobes, cabinets, etageres, side- 
boards, chiffoniers, book cases, parlor tables, etc., in the latest and most artistic 
designs, in black walnut, panelled oak, mahogany, rosewood, and other choice 
woods. The upholstery department occupies the second floor, embracing beautiful 
parlor suites, easy chairs, fancy occasional chairs, tete-a-tetes, etc., finished in rich vel- 
vets, silk, brocatelle, satin, etc., of the best material, and sold at the most reasonable 
prices. This floor also contains au infinite variety of bric-a-brac and small articles 
appropriate to parlor and drawing room decoration. The third floor is devoted to 
the display of chairs and medium grades of furniture. The concern as a whole is 
not surpassed in the State in point of equipment and stock, and does a large and 
steadily increasing trade in Bay City, West Bay City and throughout the sur- 
rounding country. 

Mr. Loose is also an undertaker and has been for many years. He furnishes 
caskets of all descriptions, hearse, carriages and the entire outfit for funerals, and 
gives his personal attention to duties incident to that department. 



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G5 



SEE BROTHERS. 



nanufbctiirerM uii<i l>4'al«'rM in Furiiituro. IpliolNtrrint;. i-tr 

>\ a*«liiiiUl<>ii and Adanix. 



<'«'nf«'r St. bet. 




The furniture and npliolsteriny iioiist- of See Brothers, was established in 18S(>, 
by James A. See and John A. See, and has ^rowu to be one of the largest and most 

conspicuous of any enterprise of its kind in 
this [jortiou of the State. The brothers are 
go ahead, enterprising men, and have 
secured an enviable reputation and a sub- 
stantial success in the management aqd 
direction of their large establishment. 

They are located in Shearer's new block. 
Center street, between Washington and 
Adams streets, a "coign of vantage," so to 
speak, unsurpassed for business purposes. 
The {)reniises consist of thirteen spacious 
floors, giving an area of HO.OOO square feet 
tloor room— being the whole of a four-story 
building, and the three ujjper (ioors of each 
of the three adjoining buildings. Each 
floor is a department in itself, stocked with 
full lines of the commodities carried, easy 
of access by means of the improved elevator 
service employed, and handsomely and con- 
%-eniently adapted to special uses. The 
first floor is aj)proi)riated to the display of 
very elegant lines of bed-room suites and 
fancy articles; the second floor— covering four stores to a superb exposition of 




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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



ingrain, Brussels, velvet and Moquet car- 
pets and rugs, and where the stock is as 
large ami varied as that of any establish- 
ment, dealing exclusively in those goods. 
The third floor — also covering four stores — 
is in part occupied with artistic, high class, 
and medium bed-room sets in mahogany, 
panel oak, walnut, cherry, maple and other 
choice woods, where also are to be found 
fancy tables, chairs, book-cases, davenports, 
brackets, etc.; the remaining space on this 
floor to the display of their magnificent 
upholstery. Here may be viewed drawing- 
room and parlor suites, occasional chairs 
and divans, etc., of the rarest woods, and 
elegant designs, upholstered in rep, velvet, 
brocaded silk and satin, the upholstering 
of which is done by the firm. Here also are 
to be seen sideboards, etageres, escritoires, 
hall stands, brackets, knick-knacks, etc., in 
the latest designs and bewildering varieties. 
The fourth floors are used for upholstering 
and finishing, and as the store room for a large surplus of medium grades of 
upholstered goods. A large and varied line of baby carriages are also kept. This 
house is the largest of its description in the Valley, giving employment to from fifteen 
to twenty-five skilled workmen, and doing a large trade in the city and the tributary 
country. 






The firm members possess the confidence of the trade and the commercial com- 
munity. The house is representative of its class in the State, and the large trade 
enjoyed is the natural result of the superior advantages offered purchasers in price 
and products. 

W. S. GILMORE. 

Personal Security Bank— Ko. 817 Xortli Water St. 

The Personal Security Bank was established by W. L. Root, in 1874. and in 
September, 1887, he disposed of his interest to W. S. Gilmore, who has since directed 
the management with ability and liberahty. Its line of operations includes the dis- 
counting of paper, advances upon mortgages, lauds, farms, farm stock, logs, lumber, 
collaterals of market value, and personal security. The business has steadily 
increased in volume, and is characterized by fair dealing and honorable business 
methods. 



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PRATT & KOEPPE. 

Archit<>«-tM and Mii|u'riiil«-ii<l«MitH -Oflirr \o. 5 ltaiik|ltiiil«lini;. 4 <-iif cr SI. 

Amonp the most prominent arcbitects anil building' superintendents in Hny City, 
is the firm of Pratt >t Koeppe, made up of Leverett A. I'ratt and Walter Koeppe. 
Mr. Pratt has enjoyed a professional e.xperieuce of nearly twenty years, and Mr. 
Koeppe twelve years' experience amou|^ the craft, and both have designed and super- 
intended the erection of some of the most notable business and residence structures 
in the State. The present partnership was organized in 18H0. and since that date, 
they have been constantly occupied in the application of their art to the constrnction 
and remodelling of edifices, paying special attention to ecclesiastical and school 
architecture. Among the buildings tliey planned and directed erection or remodel- 
ling of, is the St. James Roman Catholic church, the Industrial Works block, the 
Warren, Averill, Concordia, Miller, Eickmeyer and other public buildings; also every 
public school edifice in Bay City, with one exception, with very many private resi- 
dences here and elsewhere. Their work during the season of 1888 embraced the 
Smalley Brothers' and W. II. Miller Sc Co.'s new warehouses on Saginaw street, the 
residences of Mr. Cheseboro, W. L. Clements, L. Goechel, O. A. Watrous, George 
Lewis, II. C. Hitchcock and others; the Farragut and Fremont avenue school build- 
ings, all in Bay City; the residence of the Hon. S. O. Fisher, the finest in this dis- 
trict, and the Kolb school in West Bay City; the court house, sheriff's residence and 
jail, the Roman Catholic church, and two fine residences at West Branch; three 
school buildings, the opera house and Baptist church at Midland; hotel, store 
block and Catholic church at (iladwin; Roman Catholic churches at Essexville, 
Alpena, Merrill and Mount Holly; town-hall at Metamora; court house at Mio, 
school building at Sterling, large warehouse at Columbiaville, and many smaller 
buildings, etc. They possess the highest order of abilities and are familiar with the 
requirements of every school of design, bringing to their professional aid not only 
these but other qualities of excellence. 

They are located in suite five, Bank building, Center avenue, and respond to 
applications for services from all parts of the State. 

HULL & TILTON. 



DruKSi^^tN and IMiarniaoistH— \o. 40!8 Center Ave.— Proscriptions a Speoialty. 

The drug house of Hull & Tilton, though a recent acquisition to the commercial 
interests of Bay Citv, is daily growing in importance and tiiiaucial prosperity, carry- 
ing a large stock and covering, in its transactions, a wide growing demand. C. W. 
Hull, the senior partner, had up to March, 1888, been in the employ of L. S. Coman; 
while B. E. Tilton had up to the same time been associated with the firm of Mason 
.V: Beach, both representative and prominent drug houses of Bay City. At the date 
last mentioned, liowever, Hull it Tilton began business for themselves, and estab- 
lished the present firm, which is rapidly increasing its trade as a result of the 
superior selection of stock, the prices asked and the equity and accuracy attending 
the transaction of business. They occupy the main lloor and basement at_ No. 402 
Center avenue, a location unsurpassed for mercantile purposes, fronting "25 feet on 
the avenue, with a depth of 100 feet, handsomely fitted up. and arranged in a manner 
especially attractive, at the same time with commemlable regard to the requirements 
and conveniences of the trade. They carry large and complete stocks of every com- 
modity catalogued on the invoice of druggists' supplies, embracing drugs, chemicals 
and druggists' sundries, surgical instruments and appliances of the best make, choice 
perfumery and toilet articles, homn'opathic medicines, specially sui)erior wines and 
cordials for medicinal uses, and the bric-a-brac and delicate textured notions, sucli 
as soaps, brushes, pomailes, etc., kept in first-class establishments of the kind. They 
also deal largely in cigars of the choicest imported, Key West and domestic brands. 
Their specialty is the compounding of pre.scriptions. which are prepared with the 
greatest care and from the purest materials. They emplov a staff of thoroughly 
competent assistants, and do a high-class trade with residents of Bay City and 
vicinity, as also among transients. 

The members of the firm are experienced chemists, and the outlook for business 
is in the last degree encouraging. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 69 



M. GARLAND, 

Mtandard Mm<-iiiii4'r.> WorkM ami .Hill HuppI.V lloiiHe— Xo. 711 Wator Nt. 

The Standard ^lacbinery Works and Mill Supply Hou8e is a consolidation of two 
large enterprises. Mr. M. Garland established the mill supply business in 1876, and 
has recently secured exclusive ownership of the Standard Machinery Works, com- 
bining the two enterprises in one establishment, and greatly augmenting the facilities 
for 8npi)lying a large and rapidly increasing trade. He is a practical engineer and 
machinist, and possesses an inventive genius, that, during his career, has found fre- 
quent expression in the discovery of mechanical aids and appliances, that enhanced 
in value with years, and with the years have come into general use. When but a boy 
of twelve, he was the responsible engineer in his father's saw-mill, and the ability he 
has since displayed in the field of mechanics, doubtless received its tirst impetus 
from the experience acquired at the primitive backwoods enterprise of a former gener- 
ation. From 1870 to 1885, the firm of Emery & Garland controlled the works, 
.since when Mr. Garland has directed their operations, assisted by his son,' Henry W. 
Oarland, who has inherited in no small degree the genius and practical business 
ability possessed by the father, and who has charge of the office affairs of the con- 
cern, and looks after its financial interests. 

The machine shop is located at the corner of Twenty-sixth and Water streets, in 
a substantially constructed building, two stories high and 60x100 feet in proportions, 
antl furnished with all the latest tools and machinery, many of which are his own 
invention, re(iuisite to the business conducted. His line of manufacture embraces 
everything known to the domain of special machinery or labor-saving devices used 
in saw-mills, planing mills, box factories and other industrial establishments, oper- 
ated either by steam or water power. They include Garland's improved saw-dust 
and fuel feeder. Garland's improved slab and edging cutter, Garland's patent 
steam log deck. Garland's live roll lumber trimmer, Garland's patent cable power 
transmission, and conveyers for conveying saw-dust, coal, iron, grain, etc., Kline's 
steam log roller and steam power cutting saw, the Eureka combined gang 
bolter and lath mill, stave and heading machinery, etc. He is also agent 
for the machinery of E. P. Allis k Co., and Filer, Stowell <fe Co., for the Wicke's 
gang and Simoud's saws, and Prescott's steam feed; Hill's niggers, Covel's saw 
sharpeners and swages. His specialty is the designing of machinery adapted 
to special purposes, and the planning and construction of saw-mills. In these 
departments he enjoys unexceptional advantages and has unrivalled facilities. He 
employs a force of thirty experienced and accomi)li8hed operatives at the works, and 
a staff of draughtsmen, designers and clerks at the office, anti his trade extends all over 
the Union, he having but recently completed saw-mil Is at Louisville, Ky., at points in 
the lumber districts of Arizona, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, the Carolinas and else- 
where, where first-claes work is indispensable to the service demanded. He furnishes 
mills with any equipment from a complete outfit, insuring perfection in construction, 
and guaranteeing every article sent out by the Standard. 

The trade of the works has shown a steady increase since their organization. 
The products are in demand throughout the country, and their quality and durability, 
which are universally conceded, speak in no uncertain lanuuage a tribute to the 
success of the uudertaking, and the ability with which Mr. Garland directs its 
management. 

A. TROMBLEY. 



Root an;! Itircli It«M'r, <>iii|;er Ale. Pop aii«l 4'i«l«'r \«». M\7 FirHt St. 

A leading establishment, engaged in the exclusive manufacture of this line of 
products, is that of A. Tronil)ley, who began the business in 1876, and for upward of 
twelve years has enjoyed an uninterrupted prosperity. He is located at Xo. .")07 First 
street, corner of Jefferson, in i)reniise8 two stories high and 'jr)x80 feet in dimensions. 
His equipment embraces a complete outfit of I). PulTer A- Sons' machinery and 
appliances, for the making of the choicest quality of goods in his line, and he has 
completed arrangements for the introduction of steam apparatus, for the manufac- 
ture of mineral waters, which are now made by hand. He employs a staff of assist- 
ants and two wagons, to meet the demands of a trade that is large and increasing, in 
Bay City and the surrounding country. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



HAWLEY & FITZGERALD. 



"Wholesale and Retail Dry CioodH and Carpets— Xos. 312 and 314 Center St. 




-Hitr 




i-' '». . ' i 111 ^ '^ s. ^ 




The wholesale and retail dry goods house of Hawley & Fitzgerald is the oldest 
in its line in Bay City, and one of the most prosperous and ably managed in the 
State, owning and directing, in addition to the business here, branch establishments 
at Alpena and Oscota. The foundation for the present large enterprise was laid by 
Mr. C. R. Hawley in 1865, in this city, where he managed his investments and 
controlled affairs, with annually increasing success, for a period of eighteen years. 
In 1883, the present firm, composed of C. R. Hawley, B. M. Hawley and J. W. 
Fitzgerald, was organized. 

They occupy the handsome three-story and basement stone-front building at 
Nos. 312 and 314 Center street, the most fashionable promenade in the city, and 
unsurpassed as a business location. In addition to this, the building is otherwise 
advantageous, being 50x120 feet in dimensions, and handsomely and conveniently 
appointed and arranged, for sales and display purposes. The stocks carried are 
heavy, embracing full and complete lines of linens, domestics, prints, dress goods, 
in silk, velvet and satin; embroideries, laces, gloves, hose, shawls, coats, cloaks, 
ladies' furnishings, notions, nick-nacks, toilet articles, bijouterie, etc., etc., in great 
variety, and of the best qualities. They have also a dressmaking department 
connected with the store proper, wherein twenty hands are employed, and where the 
most fashionable garments are made, under the direction of an accomplished lady 
tailor, equaling in cut, style, make and trimmings, the exquisite productions of the 
most artistic purveyor in this special line. They also employ a force of twenty 
clerks and salesmen, in addition to the staffs employed at Alpena and Oscota, which 
are severally managed, by J. W. Fitzgerald at the former, and N. G. McPhee at the 
latter city. They do a large business in Bay City and vicinity, with a considerable 
jobbing business in Northern and Northwestern Michigan. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



McCASKILL, TROMBLEY & BROWN. 

l>eal4TM ill l*iii«>. IIuimIwimmI liUiiilMT and £iOgN^\'o. 700 Xortii W'utor Hi. 

Among the promineut concerns thiit have contributed in no small degree to 
building up and promoting the manufacture, particularly of hardwood lumber, none 
occupy a more enviable position than the firm of McCaskill, Trombley and Brown, 
composed of T. McCaskill, D. H. Trombley and C. T. Brown. The firm was 
organized in 1886 and, brought to the consummation of its objects, a thorough know- 
ledge of the business upon which it had entered, large capital and familiarity with 
the trade which it supplies. They have met with an abundant success, and have 
materially aided to swell the trade in lumber products from the Saginaw Valley. 
Their logs are purch.'ised by agents of the tirm, owners of stumpage grounds, 
the latter delivering the purchases at convenient mills, where they are cut and 
thence shipped to the order of the firm, to points east and south. They also sell 
logs to mills that are without stock, or purchase logs from owners without mill 
facilities, and contract witli such mills to saw the same. Their operations are of a 
very extensive character, involving the entire seasons out of many mills and indirectly 
furnishing employment to a correspondingly large force of hands, clerks and assist- 
ants. 

They are located at No. 709 North Water street and make a specialty of hard- 
wood lumber adapted to the furniture and car trade, though handling very large 
quantities of pine lumber, which are shipped to the eastern markets, the hardwood 
being disposed of to factories west and south. During the season of 1888, they dis- 
posed of about 8,000,000 feet of this latter commodity, besides contracting for the 
deliverv of even larger amounts for 1889, one contract alone including the delivery 
of 5,00(5,000 feet and upwards. 

Their business, especially that of making Bay City a source of supply for hard- 
wood lumber, is steadily increasing and extending, and the firm is more extensively 
operating in the development of the latter than any other house similarly engaged 
in Bay City. They are enterprising, energetic, representative men and well deserve 
the large measure of success which attends their efforts. 



H. E. MEEKER & CO. 



Wholesale and Retail <» lUK-erieoi and Provisionoi— UJOC and lOOH li^'aterWt. 

One of the long established and prosperous commercial houses in Bay City, is the 
wholesale grocery establishment of H. E. Meeker ifc Co. A house that is old without 
bearing marks of decay, progressive in its policy, liberal in its dealings, enterprising 
in its management and successful in its career, it occupies a front rank in mercantile 
circles, and an enviable position in the domain of trade. The business was founded 
in 1872, under the firm name of Meeker & Adams, which remained unchanged until 
the Spring of 1887. when Mr. Adams retired, and S. F. (Jreenizan purchasing his 
interest, the present tirm was organized. At the same time, the premises occupied 
were reconstructed, improved and enlarged, furnished with an entirely new and fresh 
stock of goods, and supj)lied with every convenience and auxiliary that would 
facilitate the dispatch of business, or contribute to the re<]uirements of the trade. 
They are located at Nos. 1006 and 1008 Water street, in two-story and basement 
premises, 60x100 feet in dimensions, occupying in addition, the commodious basements 
of the stores adjoining, which are used for storage and warehouse purposes. The 
main sales-room is handsomely appointed, having very much the apjiearance of an 
"Italian warehouse," as was recently remarked by a competent critic, so profu.se is 
the display there of potted meats, preserved fruits, delicacies, etc. The stock carried 
includes all lines of staple and fancy groceries, condiments, preserves, fruits, jirovi- 
sions, etc., in varied antl complete assortment, the firm also handling orders for boat 
and lumber supplies, having special arrangements for promi)tly and satisfactorily 
tilling same. They employ a force of twelve courteous assistants, operate three 
wagons, and supply a large local demand, in addition to serving an extentive jobbing 
trade in the northern and northwestern portions of the State. 

The individual composition of the firm are men of enterprise and practical experi- 
ence, and the manner in which the business is conducted has inspired contidence 
among a large and valuable constituency. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



HITCHCOCK & BIALY, 



Manufacturers Band iSawed Pine and IIardi;\ ood JLuniber— 2412 South M^ater. 

What is known as tlie finest band mill in the Valley, is owned and operated by 
the firm of Hitchcock & Bialy. It is also one of the oldest mills in the city, having 
been established in 1852 by H. D. Braddock & Co., for the purpose of supplying the 
demands of that period with ship timber. During the years immediately ensuing, 
the concern passed through a varied experience, its management was several times 
changed, and the plant several times rebuilt. 

In 1867, Mr. Hitchcock, of the present firm, succeeded to the ownership, and in 
1872 the firm of Hitchcock it Ingraham was organized, so continuing until 1876, 
when through the death of Mr. Ingraham the firm was dissolved, Mr. Hitchcock 
continuing the business as sole owner from that time until 1885, when the firm of 
Hitchcock & Bialy was established. During 1886 it was supplied with band saw 
appurtenances, and as stated, enjoys the reputation of the finest band mill in the 
Valley. 4_ |— 1 t ^J '•ipfSJiwij 

The saw-mill is a commodious structure 150x100 feet in size, and furnished with 
a full and valuable line of machinery, adapted to the requirements of the manu- 
facture, which includes band and circular saws and steam feeds, which, with other 
mechanical devices and labor-saving appliances, are driven by two powerful engines 
of eighty-five and one hundred horse-power, respectively, fed by four steel tubular 
boilers, each four by twenty-two feet in dimensions. The value of the band saw 
consists in the capacity it possesses of turning out a greater product per log than 
either the gang or circular saw, its blade being so fine that very little waste of 
material attends its operation. The result is that the band saw is gradually taking 
the place of other patterns, and where both are used the choice logs from which fine 
lumber is obtained go to the band saw. Its value, if only as a device for the pro- 
motion of economy, cannot be too highly estimated, and the precedent established by 
Hitchcock & Bialy in its general adoption, must in a brief time be adopted almost 
universally. The capacity of the mill is stated at 12,000,000 feet of lumber and 
3,000,000 of lath, affording employment to a force of sixty hands and six teams, and 
supplying an extensive and rapidly increasing and extending demand throughout 
Michigan and the eastern states. The firm also conduct logging operations during 
the winter, and give employment to sixty men in that branch of the business. 

The members of the firm are men whose enterprise and business methods are too 
well known and too highly esteemed to require comment. The reputation of the 
enterprise and its product is as substantial as it is deserved. 



J. E. BASSINGWAITE & CO. 



L<iverj- and Hoarding; Stable— Saginaw St. bet, Center and Sivth Sts. 

J. E. Bassingwaite & Co. carry on one of the most complete in equipment, 
accessibly located and generally patronized livery and boarding stables in Bay City. 
They established the business in November, 1887. commencing in a small way and 
coming into prominence and popvilarity through their possession of meritorious 
qualities, and their exercise of enterprise and honorable methods in their transactions 
with patrons and the public. Their stables, situated on Saginaw street, between 
Center and Sixth, a site of superior excellence, are 50x120 feet in dimensions, of 
wood, affording ample accommodations and supplied with conveniences for sanitary 
purposes, and the safe removal of the animals in case of fire. In this latter particular 
the premises are specially desirable, the stables, carriage houses, harness rooms and 
offices being on the ground floor, whence exit is easy of accomplishment, and by 
numerous means. They carry sufficient stock, in point of numbers, to meet the select 
demand to which they cater, many of the horses being high priced as roadsters, 
together with a full equipment of carriages, buggies, sleighs, cutters and other con- 
veyances, also other aids and auxiliaries in the line of robes, horse clothing, harness, 
etc., etc. Besides their own horses, among which is a very valuable pacer, they board 
a number of gentlemen's driving animals, and establishments. They employ a com- 
petent force of hands, and do a large and steadily increasing local trade. 



77/ A- INDUSTRIES OF THE HAY CITIES. 



7? 



SHORE BOATS. 




IXiroit, Mny i \ty and .\lp<>na Line l>o«k. Foot or Fifth !Ht. 

The facilitien for tranfl- 
portation by water enjfjyed 
by the iJay CitieH, are in no 
Hmall meaaiire entitled to 
pre<^;e<Ierjce anions aj^euciea 
that liave f;reated and pro- 
moted i\ic\T prosperity. 
, :^^ fc " "• }f2 _^ -' ' * y '_ JZ- KailwayB lon^ BJnce ceased 

n™*^^' <mLr~-^ ^ — " "'. 7~' " ■^ ^" ^'^ ''" experiment, anfl 

><y^^''*^;p'<wr^^"r^ utc^^-^f^^'^^^^^^rrS r*'''^^^ ''^^ faf with their (growth travel by 

water has not been so 
^{eneral. A leading line of 
steamers, which maintains 
its ascondaiioy, is that opuratfid between Bay (yity and Alpena. It was establJHhe*! 
by OaritiH Cole and Ira F. Holt, in \HT.i, and durinjj the season of navijjation is the 
favorite route to the upper lakes and intermediate ports. The steamers employed in 
this line, the "Arnnrlel" and "Metropolis," are staunch and seaworthy models of 
marine architecture, rapid sailers, and furnished and equipped with every luxury and 
convenience that can in any way contribute to the comfort or safety of passengers. 
They are commanded by skillful and experienced navigators, leave opposite ports 
daily, ari<l make the trip from dock to dock in less than ffnirteen hours. They make 
direct connection at Hay T'ity with railway communication to the East, South and 
West, and at Alpena for the Mackinaws and other points north and in Canada. They 
offer superior inducements in the way of rates, fare and accommodations to travelers 
and freighters, and for spf-ed and reliability are not surpassed by any similar enter- 
prise on the lakes. 

The ownc^rs i>f the line are among the oldest in the business. Captain Cole having 
been [(rf)prietor of the first line of steamers to ply Vjetween the liay Cities and the 
8aginaws, while fyajttain Holt has been equally prominent and influential in marine 
circles. The company's docks are at the foot of Fifth street, and the business is 
managed by .\. H. Lee, to whose efforts the popularity of the line has been enhanced 
and extended. A force of sixty hands are employed in the management of the 
steamers. 

BAY CITY STEAM BOTTLING WORKS. 



H. I>ittiiuer -Corner Fourth anil Wator HIm. 

One of the oldest establishments in the Valley, devoted to the sale of importetl 
wines, liquors and oigars, is the Bay City Steam Bottling Works, owned and conducted 
by Mr. S. Littauer. by whom it was founded in IHfj."), being ai.so known to the trade as 
the " liodega." He is located at the corner f)f Ff)urth and Water streets, the 
premises occupied having a frontage of 2.'> feet on Water street, with a depth of 120 
feet on Fourth street, a site for commercial purposes iinsurpaHsed, and equipped with 
every convenience and facility for the display of goods and the transaction of 
business. The stock carried is large and varied, including the choicest brands of 
liqueurs, cordials, brandies, wines and whiskies. In addition, he carries a full line of 
imported Havana cigars; also Key West and other domestic manufactures, both in 
cigars and tol<accr)s, ami his long experience and consequent familiarity with the 
requireinents of the trade, aids in his catering to all branches of the business in a 
manner most successful and profitable. He also bottles beer, of which he has the 
entire control of the Detroit Brewing Co.'s fine liohemian Lager for this section, as 
also ale and porter, in which he does an extensive trade, and owns large warehouses 
and i<;e-houses for the sur|ilus stocks of his commodities, on Michigan ('entral tracks, 
accessible and convenient for the receipt or shipment of goods. His business is 
managed according to the most e<iuitable business methods, and the purity and 
superiority of his stock, have not only given him an extended trade in Bay City and 
througlK)ut the V^alley, but made his undertaking jjrominent among the leading 
interests in this section. 



''4 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

THE VALLEY SOAP CO. 



Setli McL<eaii «K F. Li. M'estover. Proprietors— Twenty-sixth, near Water St. 

The most recent establishment in the line of uuiniifacturing industries, located 
in Bay City, with full equipment for a successful and prosperous career, is the 
A'alley Soap Company. It was organized early in 1888, by Seth McLean and F. L. 
Westover, both representatives of the type of manhood to whom Bay City owes its 
importance and prominence as a producing and trade center. 

The company occupy commodious premises on Twenty-sixth street near Water, 
They consist of a one-story building oOx'iOO feet in dimensions, and well lighted 
and ventilated, an annex 3l)xl00 feet, and a brick boiler and engine house. The 
machinery and appliances required, are of a special character, made expressly for 
the purpose, the saap being manufactured uuder a special process, the company's 
invention, for which the machinery ordinarily employed in establishments of a 
similar character would be inadequate. The range of products turned out embrace 
every grade of soap from the tinest to ordinary, in the line of toilet, bath and laundry, 
composed of the best materials and employing the most skillful operatives in its 
compounding and manufacture. A force of competent hands ranging in number 
from t«-enty-tive and upward, as the requirements of the business demand, 
are retained in the constant service of the company, and when run to their full 
capacity, the works turn out a total of one thousand boxes of soap per week. The 
trade which is steadily increasing, locally and throughout the State, extends also 
into Indiana. Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and elsewhere, where the product of the 
company has become known and valued as an article of absolute worth. 

The gentlemen composing the tirm are representatives of the commercial and 
manufacturing circles of Bay City, who in the founding of the Valley Soap Company 
and of other enterprises have manifested their public spirit and business sagacity. 
Mr. McLean is also head of the extensive firm of S. McLean, Sou & Co., lumber and 
salt manufacturers, and Mr. Westover is conspicuous in other fields of useful- 
ness. The company began its career uuder the most favorable auspices, and its 
success has been correspondingly substantial and prompt. 



DAUNT & SHARP. 



Carriases and Sleiaiis— \os. 1108. IIIO. 1113 & lll.» Washington Ave. 

The largest carriage factory in Bay City, carrying a heavy stock and doing a large 
trade, is that of Daunt k Sharp, composetl of William J. Daunt and Edgar M. Sharp, 
Along in 1879 Mr. Daunt established the firm of Daunt k Smith, which was con- 
tinued one year, when Mr. Sharp purchased the Smith interest and the present firm 
was organized, and has enjoyed a successful career. They occupy commodious 
premises at Nos. 1108, 1110, 1113 and 1115 Washington avenue, a location of great 
desirability and convenience, consisting of a two-story brick building, 50x120 feet in 
dimensions, well fitted up, apportioned aud appointed, and supplied with requisite 
machinery. The main fioor is used for manufacturing purposes, the painting aud 
finishing rooms, with a handsome suite of otHces being upon the floor above, and 
the repository or display warehouse in the two-story building, 50x120 feet in size, 
directly opposite the factory on Washington avenue. Their line of manufacture 
embraces only the highest class of vehicles, from the best materials and constructed 
in the most attractive styles. They include buggies and carriages of every descrip- 
tion, sleighs, cutters, bobs, etc., in all of which they carry full lines, from which to 
make selections. They employ a force of thirty experienced operatives, and supply 
a large and substautial demand in Bay City and vicinity, as also throughout the 
State, north to Sault Ste. Marie and in the extreme northwestern sections. 

Mr. Daunt is a native of Rome, N. Y., and settled here in 1874. Mr. Sharp comes 
from Mount Morris, also in New York, and located in Bay City during 1871. Both 
gentlemen are practical business men of large experience, pushing, energetic and 
enterprising. Their house is the only one in its line in tlie city carrying a full stock, 
and the large trade which it supplies is expressive of the confidence in which the 
products are held. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



J. E. HAWKINS & CO. 



WlioleMalt' uimI K«'taii fjlrorerH— Xo. 714) \% aMhiiiKtoii Am*. 

The necessity for firet-claes commodities in the line of supplies carried by dealers 
in srroceries and provifiiooR, is bo universally conceded, as to leave no room for 
argument. liay City is peculiarly favored in this resiiect, and a larj^e and steadily 
increasinii,' [)atronaj^e as steadily expresses its substantial appreciation of the care 
exercised in the behalf mentioned Vjy the firm of J. E. Hawkins k Co. The house 
was established in 188f5, and its indiN-idual composition J. E. Hawkins, John N. 
McDonald, and John A. McDonald -is a guaranty of its worth, commercially, finan- 
cially and in other respects. They are all representative men, the Messrs. McDonald 
being owners of the liay City Flouring Mills, the first merchant llouring mills in the 
city, with a present daily capacity of I.'jO Ijarrels, and whose brand — "Gold Dust" is 
esteemed the best Hour on the market; men with large interests and responsibilities, 
who bring tf) the management of business undertakings, enterprise, commercial 
experience and methods. Under such influences was the firm of J. E. Hawkins it Co. 
created, and under such influences has its operations been conducted. They are 
very desiral>ly located at No. 710 Washington street, opposite the postoflice, in the 
business center of the city, and carry heavy and complete lines of goods adapted to 
the trade. They occupy the main floor and basement of the buildmg, commodious 
quarters, 2.0x100 feet in dimeDsions, arranged, convenienced and e<iuipped with all 
requisite accommodations for trjide and display purposes. Their stock embraces the 
purest and freshest commodities in the several lines of staple and fancy groceries, 
teas, coffees, sugars, etc., potted and canned meats, condiments and delicacies, fruits 
and confectioueries, foreign and domestic; provisions, lumbermen's, farmers' and boat 
supplies, etc., in great variety and of unexcelled quality. They employ an adequate 
force of assistants, and cater to a tine family retail trade in the city and country, as 
also to the supplying of farmers, boats, etc., and conduct an extensive jobbing business 
in Northern Michigan. The facilities possessed by the Hrm, the purity of their goods, 
and their equitable business career, have not only contributed to swell the volume of 
trade, but afford indubitable and invaluable evidence of the material of which the 
commercial circles of Bay City are composed. 



WILLIAM H. NEWCOMBE. 

4i;<'ii«'riil ItlackMiiiitli and <'arfia;;4' Haker— HarriNun St. bet. 'A'ZA and '.i'.iA Stw. 

G A manufacturing industry of comparatively recent establishment, but which has 
succeeded in the most decided manner, is the blacksmith and carriage works of 
William H. Newcombe, located on Harrison street, between Thirty-second and 
Thirty-third streets, in South Bay City. The concern was organized under the firm 
name of Newcombe Ar Wititerhalter, in 1885, and continued operations under their 
joint management until June, 1888, when Mr. Newcombe purchased his partner's 
interest, and has since remained sole owner of the plant. The premises at the above 
designated site on Harrison street are commodious, and were erected for the special 
occupation of manufacturing industries. They consist of a two-story building, 
40x100 feet in size, occupied as a carriage factory and ware-room, and well eqtiipped 
for either purpose. To the rear of this is the blacksmith shop, in dimensions 100x5(> 
feet, and equally convenienced and adapted to the line of work carried on therein. 
His range of manufacture embraces every description of vehicle, including carriages, 
buggies, trotting wagons, skeletons, sulkies, democrats, as also conveyances for work 
in the lumber camjis and on tiie farm. He also does repairing of every kind con- 
nected with blacksniitliing and horseshoeing, and in the latter branch uses ouly 
hand-made shoes and other products of the latest design. Mr. Newcombe is a man 
of indefatigable enterprise, and is concluding arrangements for the extension of his 
field of operations, and an increase of his facilities and output. When such arrange- 
ments are consummated, he will keep on hand a full stock of carriages, etc., and so 
equipped as that he will be able to materially promote their manufacture. He employs 
a full staff of competent mechanics, and does a large and steadily increasing trade 
among a class of patrons who demand the quality of materials Mr. Newcombe uses 
in his products. 



THE IXDl'STEIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



BAY CITY BANK. 



1 apiCit and ^iurplus. !i«;J«HMHM> Xo. riOO C'oiitor Avo. 

The Bay City r>auU, 
rooojjnizeii as a substan- 
tial and reliable baukinjj 
institntiou, with methods 
eouservntive and credit 
of the highest oharaeter, 
was organized iu 1871, 
with a capital stock of 
Sall.OOO ; (leorjje Lewis, 
President, and Cieorjje II. 
Yonufir, Cashier. In 1S83, 
Air. Lewis was sncceeded 
by William Peter, the 
present incumbent of the 
presidency, w h i o h has 
been t h e only chanjjfe 
nuuie in the person iit'l of 
the bank othcers since its 
incorporatii>n. In July, 
ISTo. the capital stock 
was nicreased to^lOD.HOO, 
aijain to SlfHltHH). and at 
the close of the tiscal year 
ending; .Tidy '2, 1S8S, was 
stated, with accrued sur- 
plus, at $-:00.0l)0. and 
deposits amountinjij to 
nearly StU'iD.dOO. 

The premises occupied 
are handsome, commo- 
dious and convenient to 
the business center of 
the city, beiui: located at 
No. 200 Center avenue, 
and equipped with appli- 
ances and facilities for 
the safe-keepiufj: of the 
funds and the transac- 
tion of business. They 
do a general bankin>; 
business, discount and 
deposit, the makinjj of 
collections at low rates, 
the iHirchase and sale of 
foreiijn and domestic 
exchangre. etc. There is also a savinjis department, otferim: superior induce- 
ments to the thrifty and industrious to lay up. in small deposits, sums that 
will eventually agj^reijate lari.'e amounts. This branch of the business is largely 
patronized, and interest is paid upon such deposits at the rate of four per cent, per 
annum. The bank has correspondents with financial institutions in all leadiujjr 
cities, and does a large business in Bay City and the surrounding country. 

The present directors are: William Peter, George Young, (leorge H. Y'oung, 
Isaac Marston. George Lewis. A. McDonnell and J. Went worth. They are all well 
known and substantial representatives of manufacturing, commercial and tinaucial 
circles of Bay City, and direct the affairs of a bank, than which no similar institu- 
tion offers superior facilities for the convenient prosecution of financial business. 




THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 77 



P. C. FLOETER &l CO. 

Ar<-liit«-<-tn \o. IH .Muii|;<-r Buildlne* Outer niid HauiiiaM HtM. 

Tlje archiW;tiire of a city in the evidence of itw (growth and development, and to 
no one profeHBion in a city more Babetantially indebted for its HiicceBH than to the 
architect. In the poHHeHHion of artinta in this line of buflineBS, Jiay City is specially 
fortunate, and amonjf the leadinjj and difitinKniflhed firms thus en(;a(;ed ib the firm of 
P. C Floeter A: Co., composed of P. C. P'loeter and William Kauffman. They are 
(gentlemen of eminent abilities, whose BerviceB have been enlisted in the desi^^ning of 
edifices of remarkable proportions and exceptional finish, here and elsewhere. The 
firm was established in 1^82, Bucceeding to the business of Watkins, Hidden ic 
Arnold, and from the commencement of their career, furniehiuf^ plans that have met 
instant and commendable approval. They occupy a handsome suite of offices at No. 
18 Manger block, corner of Center and Haginaw streets, where they carry on the 
business in all its details, and where a full staff of accomplished draughtsmen are 
constantly engaged in putting into form their artistic architectural conceptions. 
Notable among the buildings they designed, and which have been erected in Bay 
City under their personal supervision are: The Griswold h»uilding, the new Methodist 
church, the Episcopal church, Harmon <k Verner's business block, the fine private 
residence of JJr. Vaughan, Joseph Eastwood and others; St. Paul's church in East 
Saginaw, alwj the large mortuary vault, chapel and conservatory in the same place; 
the rebuilding of St. John's church, with the guild house and rectory attached to 
that parish, in Saginaw City, the Court street Methodist church at Flint, Cirace 
p]piHcopal church at Port Huron, the Masonic Temple at Ludington, the famous 
Wright House and Sanitarium erected at Alma for A. W. Wright; the workshops 
built for the Detroit, Lansing <fe Northern Railroad at Ionia, at a cost of 8175.fX)0; 
the large railroad depot at Clare, etc., also furnishing the plans for thirteen railroad 
depots on the line of the Toledo, Saginaw k. Mackinaw liailroad, and many other 
public and private e<lifice8 in this city and State, as also in States adjoining, into 
which their reputation has been extended and is established. Their plans show a 
complete and thorough knowledge of their profession, and their success can be 
directly attributed to their possessioD of these requisites in addition to the well- 
known and substantial character of buildings designed and erected under their 
direction. 

AUG. J. BOTHE & CO. 



I>ry <>oodH, Curtain and Curtain FixtureH. Ktc. \\>nt l{n.\ i'ity. 

One of the largest retail dry goods bouses in West Bay City, is owned and directed 
by Aug. .T. Bothe k Co. The firm is composed of Aug. .J. Bothe, .James Seed and .J. 
Frank Eddy. Mr. Bothe is one of the oldest dry goods men in this vicinity, having 
been identified with the trade in Bay City since 180^, and a successful merchant dur- 
ing all the years that have passed since that period. Mr. Seed is the senior partner 
in the dry goods house of James Seed k Co., at Nos. 404 and ■100 Center avenue. Bay 
City; it was organized in December, 1887, and at once entered upon a prosperous 
career. They occupy premises 2.")xl00 feet in dimensions, in the Fisher block, on 
Midland street. West Bay City, adjoining the postoffice, a location than which none 
can be more desirable or accessible, equipped and fitted up with every convenience 
or appurtenance designed to adequately display their stock, or facilitate the accom- 
modation of the trade. Their range of stock embraces the latest and most fashion- 
able varieties, imported and domestic, purchased in New York every season, by Mr. 
Seed, who attends personally to their selection, and in such large invoices that the 
trade is enabled to avail itself of the inducements as to prices thus offered. Their 
specialty is curtains and curtain fixtures. Tiieir stock includes staple and fancy dr>- 
goods, silks, satins, velvets, laces, embroideries and novelties, shawls, coats, sacques. 
ladies' umbrellas and parasols, notions and nick-nacks, etc. They employ a full staff 
of competent and obliging clerks and salesmen, and do a large and annually increas- 
ing trade in West Bay City, and vicinity. 

The establishment of this house is characteristic of the enterprise of the gentle- 
men composing the firm, and its large business is an appropriate recognition of public 
spirit and commercial worth. 



18 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



COMMERCIAL BANK. 



Trail sactiiigf a dJeiieral Banking Business— ^Vater St. Foot of Center Ave. 

A substantial fiuancial system is the true basis of prosperity in all the depart- 
ments of commerce, manufactures or trade, directly or otherwise. Its presence 
promotes trade, protects industries, conserves commercial endeavor and adds to the 
public welfare and prosperity. Bay City is most fortunately equipped in this 
particular, having a number of institutions, the objects of which are to care for 
money or trusts confided to their custody, and enjoying reputations for integrity, 
business sagacity and large resources. Among the leading establishments of the 
kind here, is the Commercial Bank, which was incorporated August 15, 1887, with a 
capital of .^100,000, and, according to its last annual report dated July 2, 1888, had a 
surplus fund of S5,0,.0, with deposits approximating S150,000. 

The bank is located on Water street, at the foot of Center avenue, in fine banking 
premises 25x100 feet in dimensions. A general banking business is transacted, 
special attention being paid to collections, which are promptly remitted at low rates, 
those made in West Bay City and East and West Saginaw, at Bay City rates; buying 
and selling foreign exchange, and accepting the accounts of banks, bankers, 
merchants and citizens. In conjunction with the regular business, the Commercial 
also possesses safety deposit vaults, built by the celebrated Hall Safe and Lock Co., 
fitted with time locks and all the latest improvements, and absolutely burglar and 
fire proof. They contain a total of one hundred and three boxes of various sizes, 
renting at from three to eight dollars per annum, and though, for the accommodation 
of public patronage, are mostly occupied by the bank's customers for the safe deposit 
of bonds, deeds, silverware, jewelry and other valuable property. 

The present officers are H. N. Watrous, President; C. C. Whitney, Vice-President; 
and W. O. Clift, Cashier; with a Board of Directors composed of the following well 
known capitalists, merchants and manufacturers of Bay City: H. N. Watrous, C. 0. 
Whitney, E. Y. WiUiams. G. K. Jackson, W. H. Miller, C. R. Hawley, C. B. Chatfield, 
J. R. Hall and T. A. E. Weadock. The Executive Board is composed of gentlemen 
of experience, who manage the affairs of the bank liberally yet judiciously, and who 
have contributed in a marked degree to the success it has obtained, and the confidence 
and respect it has inspired in the community, to whose service it is devoted. 



BENNETT & WALTER LUMBER COMMISSION 



l>ealers in fiuniber and Liogs— Xo. 409 Pliteiiix Block. 

The Bennett & Walter Lumber Commission firm is composed of G. F. Bennett 
and W. P. Walter. Both are enterprising, experienced, progressive, young men. 
They have been identified with the lumber industries of the Valley for many years. 
Prior to the retirement of T. H. McGraw & Co. from the lumber business, they were 
engaged with that corporation, Mr. Bennett having had charge of their yards for 
twenty years. They embarked in business for themselves in the Spring of 1888, and 
organized the Lumber Commission, which has since been managed under their firm 
name. They are versed in the details of their occupation, and familiar with the 
requirements af the trade, prompt in the execution of orders, and their transactions 
are characterized by the most honorable methods. They buy lumber and logs on 
commission and upon their own account, selling and delivering same from docks or 
booms where purchased, thereby saving cost of handling and transportation and the 
expense incident to the maintenance of yard room, etc. Their shipments are to 
eastern orders, chiefly in New York and Ohio, and their facilities are so complete and 
available that they are accumulating a business of large proportions. They have 
correspondents at all the leading depots of supply north and northwest, thus being 
always cognizant of the condition of the whole Michigan and Wisconsin market, both 
as to stock and prices. 

The firm is one of the most active and influential in building up and extending 
the benefits of Bay City lumber interests. Branch offices will be established north 
by them the coming year, and the firm proposes to materially increase its facilities 
for handling by addition to working force and general broadening of their field of 
operation. 



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SHEARER BROTHERS. 



Ileal Kstute— Xo. H»U AtlaniN St., KirHt Floor. Shearer Itro.oi.' Itloek. 

That transiictious in real estate at Bay City and vicinity have for a numl)er of 
years been steadily ou the increase, is a fact noticeable to the most casnal observer. 
Tlie part real estate owners and ayf'nts have taken in tlie promotion of this condition 
of affairs, must not be nuder-estimated, as it has been of no inconsiderable import 
ance. One of the oldest firms engaged in this line of business, and one of the most 
prominent, is that of Shearer Brothers. In about 1H7S, tlie firm was known as 
James Shearer \' Sons. Ten years later, however, the senior member withdrew from 
all active business, and the tirm was then known as Shearer Bros., and consisted of 
G. Henry Sliearer, James B. Shearer and Chauncey H. Shearer. In 1H84, Chauncey 
H. Shearer withdrew from the tirm to accept the position of teller in the Bay 
County Savings Bank, and from that date, G. Henry Shearer and James B. Shearer 
have conducted their large and prosperous business. 

They are located m a handsome suite of offices on the main Hoor of the Shearer 
Brothers' Block, No. 809 Adams street, neatly appointed; and in addition to desir- 
ableness of location, supplied with every facility and convenience for business 
purposes. Their specialty is the handling of real estate of all kinds, the selling or 
exchanging of city property, pine and farming lands, etc., the collection of rents, the 
placing of insurance, the payment of taxes, the furnishing of abstracts of title, and 
the discharge of other trusts connected with the business, for clients. 

They are among the largest realty owners in the city, including on their list of 
holdings, the Shearer block, located on Center avenue and Water street, also the 
Central and Shearer Brothers' blocks, extending from Washington avenue to Adams 
street, ou Center avenue, being four stories high, containing ten stores, and gener- 
ally one of the finest structures in the Saginaw Valley, with other improvements in 
the way of public buildings, and for residence purposes e<iually valuable. Apart 
from their real estate interests, the members of the firm are otherwise identified with 
important enterprises. G Henry Shearer is Vice-President of the Bay County 
Savings Bank, and is also member of the Water and Fire Commission, and, with his 
partners, has figured in many prominent real estate transactions in the citv and 
State. 

SMITH BROTHERS & CO. 

Manufiietiirerft of Ijuiiiber ami Salt-Kast Kml of M'ater St.— West Ita.\ t'if.v. 

Smith Brothers Sc Co. are successors to the firm of Peter Smith it Sons, and direct 
the management of one of the largest lumber industries in West Bay City. It was 
organized in 1880, composed of Henry J. Smith and Chas. J. Smith, and aci]uired 
possession of the mill property that had been in operation since 1S.")4 under the control 
of Peter Smith, their father. They are located at the East end of Water street, 
where the premises occupied are large and conijjletely e<iuipped. The mill proper is 
HOxlfJO feet in dimensions, having abundant accommodations and conveniences for 
the successful handling of its large product. The machinery employed consists of 
band mill and gang mill saws, circular saws, trimmers, edgers, heading machines, and 
all necessary appliances for the conduct of the lines of manufacture carried on. 
These are driven by four powerful engines, one 22x30 inch cylinder, one 2(1x30 inch 
and two lOxKi inch cylinders, fed from two batteries of boilers, seven 1x18 feet in size 
and two 5x1(5 feet. Their salt industry is represented Ity four wells, with drill house 
and engine accompaniments, and an extensive salt i)lock and packing house. In 
addition to these, they are supplied with large dockage facilities, booms, piling 
grounds and other reiiuisite accommodations, the establishment in its entirety being 
complete and comprehensive. Their annual output includes 20,(>0(),OtT<) feet of 
lumber. 900.000 pieces of staves, .'jO.OOO sets of heading and 3(',0l»0 l)arrels of salt. 
Tlie lumber is disposed of principally to dealers in liiifTalo. Tonawanda and elsewhere 
at the East, the salt being .'^old through the Michigan Salt Association, of whidi the 
firm are members. They employ a large force of men, and their annual business 
aggregates largely in value. 

The meml)ers of the firm are thoroughly practical and experienced lumber manu- 
facturers, and their success is the result of tlie superiority of their j)roducts, and the 
honorable business methods they employ in their dealings with the trade. 



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THE MICHIGAN PIPE COMPANY, 



Henry B. Smitli, Secretary and Treasurer— Manfrs. of Water Pipe and Steam 
Pipe Casing^— Liord and Henry Sts. 




A leading industry carried on in Bay City is the manufacture of water pipe and 
Bteam pipe casing by the Michigan Pipe Company. Its products are in universal 
use in many of the leading cities of the country, and have acquired an extended and 
deserved reputation for economy, utility and durability. This company is the out- 
growth of the Northwestern Pipe Company, a corporation organized in 1871 by 
Chicago manufacturers. After some changes in proprietorship, the Michigan Pipe 
Company was organized in 1881, with a paid-up capital of S100,000, and became own- 
ers of the plant. 

The works occupy an area of territory several acres in extent at the corner of Lord 
and Henry streets, having a large river frontage and connected with the Flint & Pere 
Marquette and Michigan Central roads, by which unsurpassed facilities for shipping 
by rail and water are obtained. They are also supplied with abundant dockage and 
boom conveniences, and in addition to their regular line of manufacture engage exten- 
sively in the manufacture of salt, their annual product aggregating 20,000 barrels. 
The works are completely and perfectly equipped with the latest improved machinery 
and appliances, including large boring apparatus, with hollow augers ranging in 
diameter from two to sixteen inches, the core from the larger pipes being re-bored for 
the manufacture of smaller pipes, with powerful turning lathes and machines for 
banding, testing and morticing pipe. The pipe is made in sections, each about 
eight feet long, from white pine logs first bored with an auger. The bark and sap 
wood being removed by a turning lathe, the pipe is placed in a drying room, whence 
it is taken after being properly seasoned and bound spirally with hoop iron, pressed 
on tightly by steam power, the chambers of the joints made stronger than any other 



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part of the pipe. Before npplyinp the iron the latter is coated with soft asphaltnin. 
The joints are then made, tlie thimble or couuet-tint,' piece, eijifht inches lonp, of sea- 
soned timber about an ei^fhth of an inch Uir^er in diameter than tlie mortice of the 
pipe, so that it must be compressed wlieu the sections are driven together, making a 
I)erfectly tight joint witliout packing of any kind. It is then subjected to a hydraulic 
pressure as high as 250 pounds to the square inch, after whicli the |)ipe is given a 
heavy coat of asphaltum cement, to prevent corrosive substances from alTectmg the 
bands, and the work is completed. For connecting lines of pipe at street crossings, 
or hydrant pipes witli mains, special castings are made to form a perfect joint. 

The main business of the company is the construction of water works by contract, 
including the engines and machinery. In 18H7 they completed five plants in Colorado, 
a number in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Vermont, a twenty mile plant 
at Tonawanda, N. Y., and others elsewhere, and in ISSK built complete water 
works at Plymouth, Ind.; West De Pere, Wis.; Piuconning, Gladwin, Gaylord, Ovid 
and Vassar, Mich., and have furnished pipe for the water works at Central City, Col- 
orado; Goslien, Ind.; Alma, St. Louis, Stanton, North Muskegon, Ishpeming, Negati- 
nee, Oscoda, Alpena, Bay City, West Bay City, Saginaw, and numerous other cities 
in Michigan. 

Another important article of manufacture is steam i)ipe casing. This is made in 
sections eight feet long, the shell of which is usually four inches thick. It is used 
for casing steam pipes underground, extensively by all of the steam heating and power 
companies in the country. The prevention of loss of heat by radiation and condensa- 
tion is reduced to a minimum, and the saving more than pays the tirst cost of the pipe. 
It is unsurpassed by any other casing manufactured. It is cheap and durable. 

Their annual product averages one hundred miles of pipe, in which six hundred 
tons of hoop iron are used, and employment is given to from sixty to seventy hands. 
The plant is the only extensive one for the manufacture of wood pipe in the United 
States, and by its product is favorably known to all interested in water works. 



VAIL & EDDY. 

Hatter^s. Furnishers. <'Ioakt>» and Fiirs-Xos. lOO. 10!4 and 104 Confer St. 

Few concerns in Bay City, or in this i)ortion of the State of Michigan, for that 
matter, engaged in a similar line of business, enjoy better facilities for trade, or are 
more generally known to the trade, than Vail k Eddy, hat, cap and fur dealers, in 
the new Fraser House. This tirm was organized in 1K74, and for years has grown 
with the city and aided in the promotion of its material resources and prosperity. As 
they have contributed, so have they also benefited, and from unpretentious begin- 
nings have raised their business to a position of prominence and magnitude. 

Their location is among the best in the city, occupying three stores, severally 
numbered 10(1. 102 and 104 Center street, at the corner of Water, having a combined 
frontage of sixty feet on the former, and seventy feet on the latter thoroughfare. 
The stores are connected one with the other, supplied with an artistic entrance into 
the rotunda of the new Fraser House, and furnished with every modern convenience. 
They are also divided into departments : No. 100. at the corner of Water street, 
being used for the display and sale of hats and caps. No. 102 for the sale of gents* 
furnishing goods, and No. 104 for that of ladies' furs and cloaks in the winter, but, in 
their season, for the sale of straw goods, which they handle very largely. They 
carry large stocks in all the lines of goods offered upon the market, including hata 
from the most celebrated Eastern makers, gents' furnishing goods of the best 
foreign and domestic manufacture, and fur garments, including ladies' cloaks, 
tippets, mutllers, gloves, mittens and boas, in seal, sable, otter, lynx, etc., of superior 
quality as to materials, and of artistic design and finish. They employ a full staff 
of clerks and salesuien, and do a large trade in the city and vicinity. 

Both memliers of the tirm (C. D. Vail and J. F. Eddyi. are active, enterprising, 
go-ahead men, — their success expresses the possession of these <iualities: their large 
business, the high measure of confidence extended by the trade to whose demands 
they respond. Mr. Charles 1). Vail is also a member of the wholesale dry goods 
house of Jarmin iV Vail. Mr. J. Frank Eddy is also a member of the firms of 
Eddy, Avery it Eddy, and Eddy Bros, it Co., lumber and salt manufacturers; of 
James Seed it Co., wholesale and retail dry goods ; and is Vice-President of the 
Bay National Bank. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



CAMPBELL HOUSE. 



O. ^V. Odell. I»roi>ri«'toi'— t'oriuT of Third and ^Vater Sts. 




O. W. ODELL, PKOPRIETOR OF THE CAMPBELL HOUSE. 

The hotels of a city, the homes of travelers and visitors, may be taken as fair 
criterions of the prosperity of the city itself, and the enterprise of the inhabitants. 
In the possession of first-class, thoroughly convenient and well equipped hotels. Bay 
City is specially fortunate. Among the leading establishments in this line is the 
•Campbell House, at the corner of Third and Water streets, where it was established 
upon the former site of the old Union House, many years ago, and kept by C. A. Jay 
until the Spring of 1888. when O. W. Odell, the present proprietor, took charge. The 
premises consist of a handsomely proportioned three-story brick building, having a 
frontage of 150 feet on Water street and 100 feet on Third street. When the concern 
passed into the possession of Mr. Odell, the latter refitted and refurnished the 
building throughout, in the most modern and elegant style, introducing electric 
lights, bells and other improvemeots, making the Campbell an establishment of 
unsurpassed facilities, with accommodations for one hundred guests, having sixty 
airy, pleasant bed-rooms, many of them en svite. The main floor is occupied by the 
offices, reading-room, billiard-room and bar, the latter stocked with the finest wines 
and liquors. The parlors handsomely furnished, with the dining-room bright, 



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cheerful and attractive, and a number of commoilious BRmple-rooms for the con- 
venience of commercial travelers, occupy the second floor. Mr. Odell was. until a recent 
date, proprietor of the Pacific Hotel at Port Huron and the oritrinal founder f)f the 
system of eating houses, alonp the lines of the iMichiyau Central road. F. H. 
Symiupton, the chief clerk, has had ten years' experience as a hotel man, havinfr been 
connected with the Kirkwood and Exchanste hotels at Detroit, the Everett House 
fit East Satriuaw, and the Taylor House of Sa{,'inaw City; and W. H. Farmer, the* 
head cook, is an accomplished artist in his line, as also is Charles Robinson, his 
assistant. 

A force of thirty-five assietants are employed, and the rates are two dollars per 
day. This hotel is exceptionally popular with the travelers, and since the date of its 
opening in July, 1H88, its daily arrivals have been the largest in the city. 



R. P. GUSTIN & CO. 

M'lioleMalc <iirn«M'i*H. <'oniuiiMMi<>ii llercliaiit> and Toltai-co Iflaniifact iifitm' 
.\u;<'iils .\<laiii>i St. 4»|t|M>>>il«' F. A I*. .11. IM'pot. 

The oldest wholesale jyrocer iu Bay City, is Mr. R. 1'. (xustin, head of the whole- 
sale grocery house of R. P. Gustin & Co., whose place of business is on Adams street, 
opposite the depot of the Flint Sc Pere Marquette railroad. He began operations 
here in 18G6 as Gustin & Co., so continuing until 1871 when the firm of Gustin A- 
Merrill was organized, to which the firm of Gustin, Merrill & Co., succeeded in 1876, 
remaining in that capacity until 188.5, when he sold out his interest in that establish- 
uieiit, and retired from the firm, to found the present popular and prosperous house 
of R. P. Gustin & Co. 

They are located, as above stated, at one of the most eligible and available sites 
for commercial purposes iu the city, occupying a two-story and basement building. 
00x100 feet in dimensions, with a large and well appointed warehouse attached. 
The premises are commodious, the facilities for the display, storage and sale of stock 
are ample, and those for receiving and shipping unsurpassed. Taken altogether, 
nothing seems to be necessary for a successful conduct of the large trade to the 
demands of which they respond. The stocks carried, which are very heav)-, embrace 
full and complete lines of commodities dealt in by first-class houses of similar 
character, staple and fancy. Their specialties are the Canada " Royal Navy," a cut 
plug smoking tobacco, Mr. Gustin's own invention, pronounced by experts to be 
superior, also the " R. G. P." cigar, also original with Mr. Gustin, nianufacturetl 
expressly to their order. It is so popular that their sales in 1887 were '245,010, and 
in 1888 upward of 500,000; also lumbermen's supplies and tobacco, being manufact- 
urers' agents for leading brands in the latter, paying special attention to teas, coffees 
anil sugars, which are obtained from first hands, and to provisions secured direct 
from producers. Their stocks of fancy groceries are equally complete, including 
delicacies, sauces, canned fruits, preserves, meats, etc., iniporfeil and domestic, from 
the most celebrated depots of supply and of unrivalled iiuality and purity. In addi- 
tion, they solicit consignments upon which liberal advances are made. In this 
department a large and steadily increasing business is done iu all lines of prodtu'e 
commodities, as also in staple articles of supfdy. They enifiloy a full staff of clerks 
and salesmen, including two travelers, and their trade beside being large in Bay 
City and the surrounding country, is equally extensive and valuable in Northern and 
Northwestern Michigan. 

Mr. Gustin is loo well-known and too highly esteemed as an enterprising and 
public spirited merchant to require more than mere reference to his possession of 
these invaluable qualifies. As the pioneer in his lines in Bay City, his undertakings 
have not only benetiteil the city of their origin, but the surrounding country, and the 
quality of goods offered upon the market, with the correct business metluxls enforced 
by the house, have confirmed and extended the confidence of a trade, established 
vears since. 



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UEBERROTH & SEE. 



Dealers in China and Ciilassiv'are— Holiday Cioods and "^t'edding Presents a 
[Specialty— Xo. 313 Centei* Ave. 

The well equipped, spacious and handsomely appointed establishment for the sale 
of china, queensware, etc., owned and conducted ,by Ueberroth & See, is a representa- 
tive house of Bay City and a leading concern in its line of business. It was founded 
in 1883 by Christopher H. Ueberroth and Frank King, Mr. King retiring six months 
later in favor of Milford E. See, and from that time has been successful, their trade 
rapidly increasing and extending with each succeeding year. Both members of the 
firm possess a practical and valuable knowledge of the business, and their long expe- 
rience and extensive information as to the requirements of the trade peculiarly fit 
them for the large demand they are called upon to supply. 

The premises occupied for salesroom and display purposes are at No. 313 Center 
avenue, in Shearer Brothers' new block. They are '25x125 feet in size, with an "L" 
25x40 feet extending to Adams street, specially devoted to the display of art good?, 
and furnished with an equipment quiet but elegant. They make a specialty of 
holiday goods and wedding presents in the most elegant designs obtainable, and the 
stock carried is choice and valuable, varied and complete, made up of foreign and 
domestic products. These include china from the famous Haviland furnaces of 
Limoges; Carlsbad and Vienna ware; Royal Crown ware from Worcester, England : 
Sevres ware, etc.; exquisitely made Bohemian, Hungarian, Belgian and French cut 
glassware, plain and decorated; English cut glass, and the very best lines of American 
productions in the latter line; crockery, ordinary and select; plated ware, wall paper, 
curtains, ornamental ceramics, etc., etc., in great variety and profusion. They employ 
an attentive force of assistants, and do a large local trade in addition to a jobbing 
trade, extensive and extended throughout the State. Their goods are unsurpassed 
in quality and price, and this, with the established reputation of the house for fair 
dealing, will prevail to still further extend the business, already growing in volume 
and influence. 

FOLSOM & ARNOLD. 



Illjunibei' and Salt Manufacturers— Xo. 2«01 Xoi'tli "Water St. 

The extensive lumber and salt industry owned by Messrs. Folsom & Arnold, a 
leading firm composed of Alexander Folsom and Benjamin W. Arnold, was estab- 
lished by the late John Eraser in 1866, with a capacity of 3,000,000 feet of lumber. 
Upon the death of Mr. Eraser, it passed into the possession of W. L. Fay, from 
whom it was purchased by the present firm, in 1869. The latter rebuilt the mill, 
increasing its capacity, and rendering it more available and prosperous. 

The plant is located at No. 2601 North Water street, and is furnished with very 
full and complete facilities for the manufacture and iiandling of the large output 
annually supplied the markets to which it is shipped. The saw-mill is a commodious 
and well-appointed building, 125x150 feet in dimensions, containing two gang mill' 
saws, large circular saws, powerful steam feed carriage, and all other requisite 
machinery. The motive power is furnished by two massive and substantial engines, 
with cylinders severally 26^x30 and 16x26 inches in dimensions, fed from a battery of 
ten boilers; two 6x16 feet in size, with seventy-two flues each, seven flue boilers, 4x22 
feet, and one flue boiler 5x16 feet in size. The plant embraces piling grounds, boom 
facilities, and a large river frontage. Their salt industry includes four salt wells, 
each equipped with drill house and engine facilities, an extensive salt block, packing 
houses and accessories. The annual output aggregates 20,000,000 feet of lumber 
and 35,000 barrels of salt. The lumber is chiefly shipped to Albany, N. Y., where 
they have large yards, and the salt is sold through the Michigan Salt Association, of 
which the firm are members. They employ 140 hands in their operations. 

Both members of the firm are from Albany, N. Y., where they have been engaged 
in the lumber business since 1853. Mr. Arnold is still a resident of Albany, Mr. 
Folsom residing in Bay City since 1867. The firm is leading and representative, aud 
the annual business foots up large amounts. Mr. Folsom is President of the Bay 
County Savings Bank, and the efforts of himself and the industry and interests he 
represents directed toward the development of prosperity in Bay City, have been of 
effective and commendable character. 



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EMERY & McLaughlin. 



I><'alei'N in llnrd and Soft <'oal \% rMt <-ii<l Third St. Iti-id^;«- - W«>Mt lta> <'ity. 




One of the leading and substantial firms in West Bay City engaged in the business 
of dealing in bard and soft coal, is that of Emery k McLaughlin. It is composed of 
J. T. Emery and D. ^McLaughlin, and was organized in 1883, since when they have 
done a trade that is constantly increasing and extending. They carry full and com- 
plete lines of bituminous and anthracite coal, common and tire brick and clay, 
building stone, cement, plastering hair and calcine plaster, and all kinds of sewer 
pipes, also extensively manufacturing Marble Head lime. They are located at the 
west end of the Third street bridge, where their yards, occupied with lime kiln 
accommodations, coal sheds, pipe and stone yards, etc., cover a block of ground. 
They possess a commodious river frontage with tine dockage conveniences and ship- 
ping facilities, both by rail and water, of the most avail.ible character. During the 
season of 1888, they furnished tlie pipe used in tiie improved system of sewage in 
West Bay City, adopted by the authorities of that municipality and have furnished 
materials for the same purpose elsewhere. They employ a force of twelve hands 
and four teams, and do a large business in all lines in the Bay Cities and their 
vicinity, besides shipping large consignments of coal and lime to consumers in the 
Northern Peninsula. 

The members of the firm are enterprising, progressive, public spirited citizens and 
merchants. Mr. McLaughlin i.s the present Treasurer of West Bay City. Their 
stock in all lines is unsurpassed in i[uality and their eijuitiible dealings and high 
reputation in commercial and financial circles, commends them to the continued 
confidence of the trade. 



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FRANK W. WHEELER. 



Ship Builder— Speeifloations and Estiiuatef^ Furnished upon Application— 

M'est Bay City. 

No industrial establishment in the Saginaw Valley surpasses in its equipment or 
career of honorable success, the ship-building industry of F. W. Wheeler, in West 
Bay City. It stands second to none in its special line, around the lakes, and occupies 
a prominent position among the manufacturing industries of the country. It was 
established by Mr. Wheeler in 1879, and is conveniently and eligibly located on the 
Saginaw River, in West Bay City. 

The plant, including the yards, mill, dry docks, machine and blacksmith 8hope^ 
with other buildings of utility and necessity, is comprehended within an area of 
territory forty acres in extent, and furnished with all requisite appliances. The 
saw-mill is commodious in its dimensions, running one large band and several minor 
saws, for heavy oak timbers, two large jig-mills for shaping and finishing ships' 
trees; an upright saw-mill for the manufacture of the heavy oak plank; machine 
shops, adequately supplied with the requisite appliances, and every conceivable 
implement of machinery to expedite the work of building, docking and repairing 
vessels, steamers and other craft of the largest tonnage, and in the best manner, both 
as regards material and workmanship. Since the establishment of his yards, Mr. 
Wheeler has constructed nearly thirty propellers, thirteen tugs and a large number 
of barges, schooners and steamers, with a total tonnage of very considerable propor- 
tions, nearly all of which are in commission still, and recognized as models of 
design, equipment, durability and sea-going qualities. During the season of 1887-88, 
he built the propellers " Mecosta," "Tom Adams" and "Robert L. Fryer," each 280 
feet in length; also, the " Servia," "Eber Ward" and "J. V. Moran," all of which 
have proved crafts of the highest standard of excellence. In addition to these, he 
constructed the steamers " Soo City " and " Post Boy," and the schooners " Moravia," 
and " T. D. Ewen," also the steam tug " Lulu Eddy," — having on the ways, at the 
close of the latter year, five propellers, 280 feet in length each, in various stages of 
completion. He employs from 700 to 1,000 men a portion of the year, and about 
300 teams; and his orders for work come from owners and transportation companies 
at every port around the lakes, from Duluth to Buffalo. 

Mr. Wheeler is a native of New York, whence he removed with his parents to 
Saginaw, where he remained ten years. Upon completing his education, he sailed 
the lakes for three years, and then engaged with his father in ship-building. He 
removed to West Bay City in 1875, and four years later began the enterprise which 
he has since owned and managed. Being a firm believer in and an earnest advocate of 
protection to American industries, he was nominated and elected to Congress by the 
Republicans of the Tenth Congressional District of Michigan. He is a man of large 
experience and enterprise, aLd his industry has always been one of the leading and 
most powerful factors in the development of the Lower Peninsula. Mr. Wheeler 
is about constructing a steel ship-building plant, for vessels of 3,000 tons and over. 



PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE. 



O. A. Ijloyd. Manajfer— Third and !Uonroe Sts. 

The People's Drug Store, a reliable and well equipped establishment in its line of 
business, was started in May, 1888. Mr. O. A. Lloyd, the manager, came to Bay City 
about that time, and taking charge, has conducted it successfully and profitably. 
He is from Muskegon (this State), where he enjoyed a lengthy experience in the 
practice of pharmacy, and acquired a reputation for skill and professional superiority, 
not less valuable than deserved. Such reputation has been maintained since he 
began his residence here, which, added to a complete knowledge of the business and 
familiarity with the requirements of the trade, have conspired to promote his success. 
He is located at the corner of Third and Monroe streets, where he occupies premises 
25x100 feet in size, well equipped and furnished, and carries a choice stock of pure 
drugs and chemicals, also fine brands of imported and domestic cigars. His special- 
ties are these lines of goods, and the careful compounding of prescriptions. 



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87 



GEORGE W. MANSFIELD. 

l>euU>r in <«roc«'ri<'s uiul I'roviwioiiM— lO.l. I05A 107 Third and liOH \% nl«T fitn. 

F'-'" '■■<■" " . _- _. Conspicuous among the old estab- 

lisbed dealers in groceries, provisions, 
etc., is Mr. George \V. Mansfield, the 
present collector of customs for the port 
of Bay City, having his oflice in tlie 
huildiug occupied by him forcommercial 
purposes. Mr. Mansfield began business 
here in 1873, and his career, comraer- 
cinlly and in other respects, has been 
that of the successful man of business 
from its threshold, bringing to his aid 
in the enterprises he has established 
or directed, the complement of industry, 
integrity and sagacity, by which reputa- 
tion and prosperity are achieved. 

He is located at Nos. 103, 105 and 107 
Third street and at No. 1 108 Water street, 
in premises one hundred feet square, 
and containing ample room for the man- 
agement of the several lines of business 
conducted under his immediate super- 
vision. Within an area 75x100 feet in 
dimensions, with conveniences equally 
commodious, he carries on a wliolesale 
and retail grocery; the remaining space, 
'25x100 feet, being devoted to the uses of 
a meat market, with adequate equip- 
ments for furnishing customers and the trade. His stock of groceries embraces 
all the lines in both staple and fancy, such as teas. coflFees, sugars, sauces, delicacies, 
canned and bottled preserves, fruits' and vegetables, provisions, produce, etc., while 
in the meat market everything edible in that line, including fresh and salted meats, 
breakfast bacon, and all "the delicacies handled by similar establishments. Supple- 
mentary to the latter branch of the business, Mr. Mansfield owns and operates 
a slaughter house on Genesee avenue, three miles from the city, at which a large 
number of cattle, hogs and sheep are killed weekly for the trade supplied. He 
employs a force of eighteen assistants and four wagons in the business, and does a 
large local trade m addition to a jobbing trade to boats and with dealers up the north 
shore and some distance along the lines of railroads converging at Bay City. 

Mr. Mansfield is a thorough-going business man, and his house is popular with 
the trade. 

DANIEL BAUMGARTEN. 




<j;ro«'erieM and I'roviwionw— \o. 4<M> «'«Miter \\v. 

One of the most progressive houses in the grocery and provision business, in Bay 
City, is that of Daniel Baumgarten. It was established by Mr. B.aumgarten in 18('.;», 
and for many years conducted under his direct personal supervision. He subse- 
(piently sold'his interest in the business and retired, but after an absence of four 
years his active, enterprising desire to be identified with mercantile pursuits 
prompted his purchase of the house of wliich he has since remained the head. 
He is located at No. 400 Center avenue, where he occupies the main floor and 
basement, commodious quarters 25x100 feet in size. The premises are neatly fitted 
up and furnished with modern conveniences and e'iiiii)ments. His specialties are 
fine teas, coffees and spices; also carryintr full supplies of staple ami fancy gro-eries, 
and delicacies, and fruits and vegetables in season, and caters to a fine family 
trade in the city and throughout the country contiguous. Mr. Baumgarten is an 
experienced merchant and valuable citizen. The output of the house is of the best 
quality, its affairs are managed with intelligent enterprise, and its business is 
deservedly prosperous and increasing. 



88 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



JAMES B. CORWIN. 



Fire, Liife and Afcident Insiiranoe— Mtinser Block. 

James B. Corwin, occupying commodious offices iu the Hunger block, on Center 
avenue, is among the best known insurance men in the State, He began biisiness 
here in 1879, making life and accident insurance a specialty, representing, as district 
agent, the old and reliable Travelers' Life and Accident Insurance Company, of 
Hartford, Conn., and building up the most extensive business in that line in the Valley. 
In 1885 he extended his range of operations so as to embrace a department of tire 
insurance. He has since managed both branches of the business with annually 
increasing prosperity and reputation, now representing a list of home and foreign 
companies, with resources aggregating millions of dollars, and offering to insurers 
security of the most valuable and substantial character, upon the most favorable 
terms. 

He is located, as above stated, in the Hunger block, his office being handsomely 
furnished and appointed, and where every facility is available for the convenience of 
customers seeking the benetits of reliable, first-class insurance. Among the promi- 
nent companies represented by Hr. Corwin, and for which he is sole agent here, are 
the two oldest and strongest Hichigan companies, and five of the most powerful 
English corporations, including the Sun Fire Office, of London, organized in 1710, 
the oldest of its kind in the world; the London & Lancashire, and Queen, of Liver- 
pool; the Guardian, of London; Hichigan and Detroit Fire and Harine, of Detroit; 
Franklin, of Philadelphia; Anglo-Nevada and California, of California; Liberty, of 
New York; and American and Slercantile Fire and Harine, of Boston; representing a 
total capital of nearly fourteen millions of dollars, total assets of §60,479,275, and a 
total surplus of S26,287,000, a showing of responsibility that will commend itself to 
the consideration of citizens of Bay City and her surroundings, Hr. Corwin employs 
competent assistants, and his business extends throughout the Saginaw Valley and 
Northern Hichigan. He is known as a gentleman of ability and of popularity as an 
underwriter, who transacts his business in a businesslike manner upon the most 
favorable terms, and offers superior advantages to all who desire reliable insurance. 



MASON & BEACH. 



Dispensing Chemists— Mo. 20a Center St. 

An important house in Bay City, and one too, whose long and steady career, 
heavy and extensive transactions and reliable qualities, have made it a landmark of 
conspicuous renown, is the drug house of Hason & Beach. The enterprise was 
established by George Lord in 1858. After conducting the concern for some years, 
he disposed of it to Goodale, Brown & Co.; subsequently it passed into the hands of 
Dr. Goodale, who in turn transferred the title to Dr. Wheat. Along in 1873, the firm 
of Mason & McNiel — the senior partner of the present organization, John K, Mason, 
being the head of the firm— succeeded to the ownership, and remained in control 
until 1878, when Hr. McNiel retired, and Lyman F. Beach becoming interested as a 
partner, the firm of Hason & Beach was created and still continues. 

They are located in a fashionable quarter of the city, being occupants of the main 
floor and basement of the building at No. 202 Center street, premises 25x100 feet, and 
in every way fitted up and adapted for the purposes to which they are appropriated. 
The stock carried is only such as can be found at a first-class establishment, neither 
inferior nor impure articles being handled. It embraces drugs, chemicals, medicinal 
extracts, standard preparations and compounds, surgical instruments, druggists' 
sundries— in fact everything pertaining to the drug line or carried by any similar 
undertaking in the West. In addition to these, they keep in stock, full supplies of 
homoeopathic remedies and the choicest brands of cigars, of imported and domestic 
manufacture. They employ a full force of experienced and skillful pharmaceutists, 
and do a large prescription and drug business in the city and surrounding country. 

The members of the firm are men of enterprise and resources, and learned in their 
profession. They handle the best and purest articles in their line, and the trade 
supplied testifies to its unbounded confidence in the established reputation of the 
house. 



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89 



B. H. BRISCOE & COMPANY. 

.lluiiiiractiiri'i'.s l>a«-lvinK ltox«'N - Frt'iiioiit A V4'. iiiid Flint A I'ci-c fl iii-<| net tf 

Itiiilroiul TrackH. 




One of the most productive, prosperous and well established industries in Bay 
City is represented by the manufacture of packing boxes, machine and stove crates. 
It is an industry that has. within a few years, attained to considerable proportions, 
and made its influence felt upon all the departments of businees, both here and at 
distant points. A leading and representative establishment thus engaged is that of 
the B. H. Briscoe Sc Company, incorporated in 1S83, of which A. E. F. White as 
President, B. H. Briscoe, Vice-President, and M. J. Beardeley as Secretary and 
Treasurer, are the present executive oflBcers. The company is successor to the tirni 
of B. H. Briscoe Sc Co., organized in 1881, and composed of B. Fl. Briscoe and M. J. 
Beardsley, engaged in the same line of operation.s, and conducting same until the 
formation of the company as already stated. 

The premises occupied for manufacturing purposes are at the Fremont avenue 
crossing of the Flint & Pere Maniuette railroad, a location accessible, convenient 
and otherwise available. The box factory is a substantial building, KMIxlSO feet in 
dimensions, thnmgh the center of which tracks have been laid, connecting with the 
main tracks of railroads centering in Bay City, thus furnishing unsurpassed facilities 
for the loading and shipping of stock. The factory is equipped with the latest 
improved machinery, and in every way adapted to the uses for which it is designed. 
Adjoining the factory proper are the engine house, offices and other accessories of 
the business, including large lumber yards heavily stocked. Their specialties are 
boxes of all sizes and descriptions for packing purposes, though they manufacture 
large quantities of sewing machine and stove crates; also sign-board and box print- 
ing, and deal extensively in lumber. They employ from fifty to sixty hands, and 
annually ship between five and six hundred car-loads of boxes, aiul large quantities 
of lumber, to all parts of the country, chiefly to the South, Southeast and Southwest. 
They sell only by the car-load, and their business foots up largely ejich year. 

The oflicers of the company are men of enterprise, practical experience and 
familiar with the trade. To the exercise of these qualities, superiority of the 
products offered on the market, and the honorable business methods which char- 
acterize their transactions, the success of the enterprise is largely due. 



90 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



JENNISON & CO. 



Hardware, Mill and l^unibermen's Supplies, Agrieuitural Implements, Stoves, 
Haws and Belting— J ennison Bloek, M'ater St. 

No Arm in Michigan is more widely known, and in its special line more influen- 
tial and prominent, than that of Jennison & Co., hardware merchants. The nucleus 
of the present extensive establishment was formed in 1853, by C. E. Jennison. Since 
that period, during a career of thirty-five not uneventful years, the house has been 
identified with the development of busicess in the city, and actively engaged in the 
promotion of its line of trade, throughout the State. In the lapse of nearly half a 
century the enterprise has undergone several changes in the individual composition 
of its management, in 1885, coming under the administration of the present firm, 
made up of C. E. Jennison, W. Jennison, Gustav Rechlin and W. F. Jennison, men 
of large experience and resources, with a complete knowledge of the public wants,, 
and familiar with the requirements of the trade. 

They occupy the imposing white brick structure erected by C. E. Jennison, on 
Water street and known as the Jennison block, which is admirably arranged and 
equipped for the purposes to which it is devoted, the several departments being 
adequately provided for, and every available facility and convenience secured for the 
large trade. The premises are three stories high, have a total frontage of one 
hundred feet on Water street, with an equal depth, and embracing a total of 40,000 
feet of space, all of which is found necessary to accommodate the stock of goods 
carried. 

Their sales-rooms are large and finely appointed, and their invoices of commodi- 
ties include full lines of mill and lumbermen's supplies, stoves, house-furnishing 
goods, builders' hardware, cutlery and tools, paints and painters' supplies, road and 
farm wagons, agricultural implements, phosphates, galvanized iron and tin manu- 
facture, etc. The latter articles are displayed and for sale in a large two-story brick 
annex to the Jennison block, just completed, on the river dock, to the rear of the main 
building, in which are to be found the agricultural implements as stated. Their 
specialties are the famous circular and other saws of Henry Disston & Sons of Phila- 
delphia, for the sale of which they are special agents, and the leather hose and 
belting of J. B. Williams & Sons, carrying also manilla and sisal rope. Their trade is 
very large in the city and country, and with the lumber mills of the Valley, to which 
interests their sales are large, and afford employment to a full corps of clerks and 
salesmen. 

The house is among the oldest and best in this part of the State, and offers 
inducements to the trade that cannot be too highly commended. 



JOSEPH GORDON 



Vessel Agent and Marine Insurance— Union Bloek. Foot of €enter Ave. 

The vessel agency of Mr. Joseph Gordon is one of the oldest of its kind in Bay 
City, he having had twenty-two years' experience here in that field of usefulness. A 
vessel agent, it may be said, bears the same relation to shippers and vessel owners, 
as the commercial broker bears to merchant and customer, negotiating between 
them and concluding transactions for the transfer of commodities. The vessel agent 
makes contracts for the shipment of consignments, the charter of bottoms, the 
placing of insurance, and, in some instances, for the procurement of crews. For years 
Mr. Gordon has been thus engaged, in conjunction with the placing of marine 
insurance, for which he enjoys unusual facilities, being the agent of Smith, Davis 
& Co., of Buffalo, the largest marine insurance house on the lakes. All policies 
secured by Mr. Gordon are at once passed over to that concern, the reputation of 
which for reliability as guarantors, is well known from Duluth to the St. Lawrence, 
and which offers protection against the numberless risks to which the merchant 
marine is subjected, as also the prompt liquidation of damages sustained by vessel 
owners and shippers. 

Mr. Gordon's long experience in the business, the care exercised by him in dis- 
charging the responsible duties incident to his profession, and the superiority of the 
service he is able to offer patrons, has secured to him a valuable clientage, here and 
at eastern lumber distributing points. 



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91 



LUMBERMEN'S STATE BANK. 



iii. O. Fitilivr, I*retiiilent : II. 



II. Aorrinetoii. t'aNlii*'!- 
WeHt liay <'it.v. 



liiiii uimI ^lidlaiMl StM.. 




modem dt 



The history of hankiiif^ iu West Bay City starts 
with the estal>li8hment of an institution devoted to 
that line of business, iu 1.S72, by II. H. Norrington and 
lohn S. Taylor. Wenona was then the base of opera- 
tions, and so continued to be until that village became 
part of West Bay City. The enterprise was a success 
from its inception, and soon after its organization it 
was found necessary to increase the amount of capi- 
tal to meet the requirements of the business. In IHH'l 
this bank became merged into the Lumbermen's State 
iJauk, which was tliat year incorporated with a capi- 
tal of i^rjO.OOO. S. O. Fisher was elected President, 
with H. II. Norrington, Cashier, and they are still the 
incumbents. 

The bank is located at the northeast corner of 
Midland and Linn streets, the most central part of 
the city, in an elegant three-story brick building of 
•ttil by Hon. S. O. Fisher, and furnished and equipped with spe- 
cial reference to the purposes to which it is applied. The premises devoted to the 
bank are finished in red oak and Hungarian ash, with oak leaves and other decora- 
tions, the main flooring of tile, that within the counter being inlaid with specimens of 
the various kinds of oak found in the Michigan forests. It is provided with a lire- 
proof safe, containing an inner safe absolutely burglar proof; also steel boxes for lease 
to special depositors. The rooms of the cashier and directory adjoin the bank proper, 
and are handsomely equipped and furnished. A general banking Vmeiness is trans- 
acted, to which a savings department has recently been added. They solicit com- 
mercial accounts, loan money on approved mercantile paper, nfFording customers 
every facility consistent with safe banking, buy and sell foreign exchange, and for- 
ward money to all the principal cities in Europe. In the savings department deposits 
of one dollar and upwards are received, and interest is paid thereon at the rate of 
four i)er cent, per annum from the time of deposit. The last annual statement, made 
July 2, 1888, showed the bank's deposits amounted to 824:1,818.75, and its surplus tc 
825,000. 

Owing to extensive interests requiring the constant attention of Mr. Fisher, the 
affairs are largely managed by Mr. Norrington. During the war lie was a member of 
the Loomis Battery, and was taken prisoner at Stone River after being severely 
wounded. He also served on the staff of Gen. Heintzelman, and was presented with 
a sword by Gen. Reynolds in recognition of heroic services in West Virginia. He 
located in Bay City in 18fi7, and has since be<Mi identified with the growth and develop- 
ment of this section of the country. The bank enjoys exceptional facilities for the 
transaction of business, and is regarded as among the substantial and reliable insti- 
tutions of its kind iu the State. 



WILLIAM CROSBIE. 



Carriase and Waeoii llakoi-. niitl tiiencral IllackNniitli— \o. lOIH Naeiiia^^ Nt. 

William Crosbie established himself in Bay City in 18,S(), and engaged in the manu- 
facture of buggies, road wagons, etc., in addition to carrying on a general repairing 
and blacksmithing business. He is located at No. ItMS Saginaw street, an excellent 
and desirable site for the convenience of the trade, in j)remises consisting of a two 
story brick structure, ;^(lx80feet in dimensions, and fully eijuipped for iilacksmithing. 
repairing and jobbing, in addition to his line of manufacture. His specialties are 
light dehvery express wagons, road wagons and buggies. These are made only to 
order, and of a grade of materials unknown in cheap establishmeiits. Mr. Crosbie 
does not compete with the i)rnductp of cheap lal^or, or with what is known as the 
" prison contract system." With him, quality is the tirst couf-ideration. and he does 
a large trade in Bay City and vicinity. 



•92 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



R. W. IRWIN, 



Insurance anrt Real Kstate Agent— Fislier Block, ^Vest Bay r.lty. 

The field for eoterpriee in the real estate and insurance business in West Bay 
City is large, and well occupied by a class of men whose operations have raised the 
standard of professional requirements in that connection. One of the leading houses 
in those lines is that of R. W. Irwin, successor to the large business of a similar char- 
acter long since established by Recorder Phillips, and by that gentleman successfully 
conducted for many years. Mr. Irwin had been engaged in real estate and insurance 
for twenty-five years prior to his removal from Huron County to this city in 1887, and 
was, by his experience and familiarity with the details of both, specially prepared to 
enter into competition with rival houses in an enlarged and more pretentious lield of 
operations. Upon arriving here he purchased the business of Recorder Phillips, as 
stated, and has since attained to prominence and success. He is located in the Fisher 
block, Midland street, where he occupies a handsome suite of oflBces, and is well pro- 
vided with all necessary appointments appertaining to the business, which is general 
real estate and insurance. In the former he buys and sells lands, houses, farming 
and timber tracts on his own account and on commission, leases same, cares for 
estates, collects rents, negotiates loans, attends to the discharge of encumbrances 
upon realty, and otherwise is invaluable to the householder and capitalist. In the 
department of insurance he represents none but first-class corporations of established 
solvency, and with a well-earned reputation for liberality and the prompt and equit- 
able adjustment of losses. Among the companies for which he is the sole agent here 
are the Northern Assurance of London; the Hartford and Connecticut, both of Hart- 
ford, Conn.; the Union of Philadelphia ; the Grand Rapids of Michigan ; the Hiber- 
niana of New Orleans, and the California of San Francisco, all fire: also of the Fidelity 
and Casualty Accident Insurance Company of New York, assuring risks against acci- 
dents, and the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company of Detroit, representing a 
total capital of $6,200,000, assets amounting to S28,914,548, and a surplus aggregating 
S12,638,794. The inducements Mr. Irwin is able to offer those desiring absolute pro- 
tection are undeniable, being gilt-edged companies, low rates, and immediate settle- 
ment in case of loss. 

He employs a competent force of assistants, and is doing a large business. 



CHARLES E. RHODES. 



^Vatchmaker and Engraver— Dealer in Cirolcl and Silver Watches— Wo. 8131 

Water JSt. 

A leading and representative house in the line of watches and jewelry, is that of 
-Charles E. Rhodes, established in 1872, and since conducted by him with ability and 
success. His beginnings were small, but for many years his trade has been steadily 
advancing and extending. The enterprise has grown in prosperity as it has grown 
in years, and its popularity has kept pace with its progress and development. The 
store is located at No. 813 Water street, a site possessing every advantage for the 
purposes of business, being in the heart of the retail portion of the city, and artist- 
ically and appropriately equipped and furnished. The premises occupied consist of 
the basement and main floor, each 25x100 feet in area, wherein is displayed for sale 
a most select stock of attractive articles of utility and ornament, usual to the lines 
of goods carried by first-class houses similarly engaged. They embrace watches of 
the celebrated make of Howard & Co., and of other American factories, in solid 
gold and silver cases; also, imported watches, diamonds, handsomely mounted in 
origmal design, clocks, solid gold and plated jewelry, silver and electro-plated ware, 
chronographs, gold pens and pencils, charms, etc. His specialty is, repairing and 
engraving; and not only is work in these particular departments warranted, but 
every article included in the stock is guaranteed as represented. He employs only 
skilled workmen, and does a large trade in the city and surrounding country. 

The house is a favorite with customers, both on account of its work and honor- 
able business methods, as also for its regard for the interests of its patrons, to whom 
it offers the most advantageous terms. 



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9$ 



W. D. SHERMAN, 



IJ^4'^> mid ItoaiMliiiK Htaltl«'- \<». 7IH AduniM Ml. 




In ]>ist') Mr. W. D. Sherman erecteil one of the Laud.somest and mu.st fuuvenieutly 
accessible buildings for the purpose in Bay City, and began the livery business under 
the most favorable auspices. He had previously, for a number of years, been associ- 
ated with F. E, Tyler in the same line, under the firm name of Sherman k Tyler, and 
was familiar with all the requirements incident to a successful conduct of operations 
in that field of enterprise. His premises are located at No. 715 Adams street, in the 
new building above referred to, a two-story structure (iO.\l'2() feet in dimensions, built 
of white brick, peculiarly adapted to the uses for wliich they are employed. The 
basement, of which it might be remarked, is so commodious and lofty that it becomes 
almost a main floor, is used for the stock, containing twenty-six stalls and ten large 
loose boxes for the stabling of valuable horses. In the arrangement and equipment 
of this department of the business, scientific precautions have been taken to insure 
an abundance of light and ventilation, as also to facilitate the removal of the animals 
in case of fire. The main floor is occupied with a handsome suite of offices and 
waiting parlors, carriage and harness rooms, and other conveniences, the second floor 
being largely devoted to the storage of sleighs and vehicles not in use, whither they 
are conveyeil by elevator. Mr. Sherman's specialty is first-class livery and coupe 
service, also boarding of horses. In the former brancii of the business he uses from 
sixteen to twenty head of horses and is supplied with the most elegant lines of hacks, 
coupes and large carriages in the city; also with ligiit top buggies, one and two-seated 
road wagons, very light road buggies, etc., in great variety and of the be-^it make in 
style, finish and reliability. In the boarding department he cares for a number of 
gentlemen's private equipages, including some of the finest turn-outs in the city. 



94 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

EDDY, AVERY & EDDY. 



atanufaotiirers of I^uiuber and Salt— IVater St. bet. Tenth and Eleventh. 

Among the leading firms in Bay City, engaged in the promotion of the lumber 
and salt industries, that of Eddy, Avery & Eddy, stands prominent. It is one of 
the oldest in the State, having been established by Eddy, Murphy & Avery during 
the pioneer days at Port Huron. It is now composed of Edwin Eddy, of East 
Saginaw, John F. Eddy, of Bay City and the Newell Avery heirs of Detroit. The 
present organization was effected in 186i, and up to 1880, was known by the firm 
name of Eddy, Avery & Co. In the later year, however, the present style was 
adopted without material change in the composition of the firm. 

They are located on Water street, between Tenth and Eleventh, where their 
plant occupies a considerable territory. The saw mill is 120x180 feet in dimensions, 
with the full equipment of a double mill, including two large circular saws, Wickes 
Brothers' gang saw, powerful steam feeds, lumber and slab transfers, stock lifters, 
edging and trimming machines, with other appliances of modern make for effective 
service, the whole driven by four engines, one of two hundred and forty horse-power, 
operating the gang mill saw; one of three hundred and seventy-five horse-power, 
operating the circulars ; one of twenty-five horse-power working seven saw 
dust carriers, conveying the saw-dust, the only fuel used, direct from its place of 
deposit to the furnaces, and a fourth of twenty horse-power for driving the main 
carrier for slabs. This large equipment of machinery is fed from a battery of nine 
tubular boilers. Four of these are 5ixl6 feet in dimensions each, two 6x16 feet, and 
three 4x16 feet in size each. 

In the manufacture of lumber, the logs are taken from the boom by an endless 
chain dotted with teeth, forced up an incline to circular saws where they are faced 
and forwarded to the gang mill over a roller conveyance. After being cut into 
lumber, the latter are run along rollers to the trimming tables, thence by the same 
mode of conveyance to the sizing tables, where they are cut into equal lengths, and 
thence taken on cars to the piling grounds. All the saw filing, gumming, etc., is done 
automatically by machinery. The annual output of the mill is 25,000,000 feet of 
lumber, 3,500,000 laths, 1,000,000 staves and 500,000 pieces of barrel heading. In 
addition, the firm yearly has thousands of logs cut to their order by other mills. 
Their salt industry is represented by six salt wells with drill house and pony 
engine equipments, extensive salt blocks, packing houses, cooperage, etc., and 
manufacture 70.%0 barrels of salt per annum, which are disposed of through the 
Michigan Salt Association. The logs from which the lumber is cut, are obtained 
from all parts of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The prodiict is shipped east. 
The firm give employment to two hundred hands and a large number of horses 
here during the season, and to a force of from three to four hundred hands in their 
lumber camps diiring the winter. 

They also own large tracts of pine and farming lands throughout the State, arid 
the volume and character of their business have made them powerful factors in 
promoting the growth and prosperity of the Saginaw Valley. 



H. L. SEMPLINER. 



Merchant Tailor and Gents' Furnisher— Water Street, Foot of Center Ave. 

The promising clothing and gents' furnishing house owned and directed by H. L. 
Sempliner, was established here in September, 1888. His place of business is one of 
the very best in the city, being located on Water street at the foot of Center avenue, 
and directly opposite the New Eraser House. The store occupied is 25x125 feet in size, 
and handsomely furnished and finished, also completely equipped for the accommo- 
dation of the select trade, to the requirements of which he successfully caters. His 
lines of stock are full and choice, chosen with care, and embrace foreign and domestic 
cloths, cassimeres, vestings, suitings, etc.; imported underwear, gloves, ties and nov- 
elties, also the same description of goods, the product of the best American manii- 
facture, and every article included on the invoices of a first-class haberdasher. He 
makes goods to order, according to the latest modes, employing only first-class hands, 
and in the way of materials, finish and fit, his work is not surpassed by that of any 
merchant tailoring establishment in the two cities. 



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95 



J. N. Mcdonald & son, 



Vloiir, KtM'tt and <araiii I'i'oprN. Ittxy ftty FI«>iiriiiK ^Iiili> 



i"Ht anti \\at<'rNtN. 




The pioneer enterprise iu the 
line of milling industries in Bay 
City is that now owned and di- 
rected by J. \. McDonald X- Son. 
at the corner of First and Water 
streets. Mr. McDonald, 8r., 
settled in Bay City at an early 
day in the history of the present 
municipal corporation, coming 
hither from Canada, and has ever 
eiiu-e his advent been an active 
.11 li potent agency iu the origin 
,11 111 development of means that 
wonld tend to the enrichment and advance of the city of his residence. In 18(57 he 
erected the first merchant Hour mill operated here. While large and complete in its 
appointments, and possessing a producing capacity of 50 barrels of flour per diem, 
this mill was unpretentious iu comparison with those of a later day, and soon became 
inadequate to supply the demands of the trade. During the winter of 18^9-70, the 
old mill was the scene of an extensive conflagration, in which the entire plant became 
the prey of flames, occasioning a severe loss and l)rief suspension of operatioES. Soon 
after this occurrence, however, George C. Fray was admitted as a partner in the 
enterprise, the mill was rebuilt, and within six months from the date of its destruc- 
tion, was being run with improved machinery and a daily capacity of 125 barrels of 
flour. 

The new structure, which rose from the ashes of its predecessor, still stands, 
though during the intervening years constant additions have been made to the 
building and its equipment. It is three stories high, 50x80 feet in size, and was 
furnished in the first instance with machinery embodying such auxiliaries and 
patents as were then available. In 1884, however, machinery adapted to the grinding 
of the raw material into roller process flour was substituted, the mill being fitted 
with a complete set of roller process machinery throughout. Along in 1877 Mr. Fray 
retired from the firm, and Geo. H. Shearer succeeded to the vacancy. The mill was 
conducted under the name and style of McDonald ct Shearer until February, 1888, 
at which date Mr. Shearer withdrew, and John A. McDonald was received into 
partnership, the firm name being then changed to J. N. McDonald it Son. The 
specialties manufactured embrace brands that have secured an established reputa- 
tion for purity and snpenor excellence wherever they are known. They include 
"Gold Dust," which is the leading specialty; also "Roller Process," "Straight," 
"Climax." "Cyclone," and are in constant demand. The output of the mill is one 
thousand barrelsof flour per week, giving employment to twenty competent employes, 
and supplying a large local trade, as also an etjually extensive and imi)ortant patron- 
age along the river and bay. The firm handles, in addition, large (luautities of grain 
and feed products, with receiving, shipping and storage facilities, complete and 
commodious. Railroad tracks are accessible at the mill door, and a warehouse 
60x100 feet in size, and extending from the rear of the mill to Sagmaw street, affords 
ample accommodations for the deposit and protection of cereals and stock. 

The continued prosperity and high standing of the firm testifies to its worth. 
The large and extending trade, to which they give their undivided attention, bespeaks 
a confidence in the purity of their products and in the business methods they employ 
that requires no elaboration. 



96 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

WILLIAM B. ROUSE. 



Liumber and Salt Manufacturer— Wootlside Avenue, Xear City Liiuiits. 

The large and finely equipped saw mill of W. B. Rouse was erected, by J. M^ 
Rouse, father of the present proprietor, early in 1871. Mr. Rouse, Sr., owned and 
operated the mill until 1878, when it came into the possession of E. F. and W. B^ 
Rouse. The latter immediately increased the facilities of the plant, by the addition 
of new and improved machinery, at the same time establishing the salt industry and 
otherwise providing for the promotion of both branches of the enterprise. The 
plant was conducted under their joint management until 1882, when W. B. Rouse 
became sole owner, and has since directed its operations, residing in an elegant home- 
opposite the mill office. The mill and salt wells are eligibly and prominently 
located on Woodside avenue, adjoining the corporate limits of Bay City, and are. 
among the best furnished and available for manufacturing purposes in this vicinity. 
The saw mill proper is a commodious structure, 100x13(3 feet in diruensions, andi 
equipped with a powerful gang saw, circular saws, steam feed carriage, butting 
saws, edgers, trimmers and other requisite machinery furnished with motive power- 
by three engines, fed from a battery of four steel boilers, 6x16 feet in size, each 
provided with seventy-four flues with three and four inch tubes. The plant also. 
includes a desirable river frontage, docks, piling grounds and other accessories, in 
every way complete and desirable. The logs are obtained from the Northern Pen- 
insula and other portions of the North and Northwest, and the product annually 
amounts to 15,000,000 feet of lumber, which is shipped to Buffalo, Tonawanda and^ 
other depots of supply for the Eastern markets. The salt manufacture includes 
the salt wells, with drill house and engine accompaniments, a large salt block, and 
the necessary packinghouse facilities, and turns out 20,000 barrels of salt per annum, 
w^hich are sold by Mr. Rouse in car-load lots to the Chicago and St. Louis trade. He 
employs from ninety to one hundred hands and his yearly business is very large. 

Mr. Rouse is a representative man of this portion of the country, and has been 
untiring in his efforts toward the prosperity of Bay City and the State of Michigan. 
His operations in the line of his productions are very extensive, and the demand for 
his commodities is equally large, and constantly increasing and extending. 



HANDY'BROTHERS. 



Box,Manufaetui'ers, Planing Mill— AVest Bay City. 

One of the most prominent and comprehensively equipped planing mills and bos- 
factories in West Bay City, if not in the Valley, is that of Handy Brothers. The firm 
is made up of Thomas L. Handy and Charles W. Handy. It was organized in 1884, 
and wields a powerful influence among the industries, in its special line, in this 
vicinity. During the month of August, 1887, their establishment was destroyed by 
fire, entailing a heavy loss, and temporary suspension of operations. They rebuilt, 
immediately, however, increasing their facilities and resuming business in what is 
pronounced the most desirable premises of the kind in this section. They are eligibly 
and conveniently located, and consist of a commodious a«id substantially built 
structure, 100x130 feet in dimensions, divided into a planing-mill and box-factory, 
and furnished with a full and complete equipment of machinery and appliances, for 
a speedy and economical production of all the lines of manufacture conducted. In 
the department of planing, they do custom work, for shipment in car-load lots to 
eastern consignees, their range of box manufacture embracing every description of 
boxes for use in every department of trade, for which such articles are in demand. 
Their products are among the best in the market of supplies, in that branch of the 
business, and enjoy a wide-spread and deserved reputation for the qualities of their 
material and durability, throughout the East, West and South, whither they are 
shipped in large quantities. 

The Handy Brothers are representative manufacturers and citizens, and have 
always been prominent and substantial aids in the development and promotion of 
enterprises that would contribute to the public prosperity. 



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97 



BAY CITY BUGGY WORKS. 



Jlufrs. I'arriagt'N, ]>lia<'l<>ii>i. ltu:;u;i<>H. MI«-it>:liN. Ktc— Foot of >la<liMoii Ave. 




One of the important and leading industries wliieli has of late years become 
firmly establisbed in Bay City, is the manufacture of carriafjes, butryies, etc., which 
is carried ou here with a large degree of success, contributing substantially to the 
city's prosperity, and being the source of supply for an extensive and lucrative 
demand. The leading establishment in this line in the Saginaw Valley, is the Bay 
City Buggy Works, established iu 187(3, the operations of which, during succeeding 
years, have elevated the standard of that class of work, enhanced its value and 
appreciated the importance of Bay City as a manufacturing center. 

They are located at the foot of Madison avenue, adjacent to the Michigan Central 
and Flint & Pere Marquette railroads,— a site affording excellent facilities for the 
shipment of wares and the receipt of stock. They are two stories high, 5()x:5()() feet 
in dimensions, containing office and display rooms, and carrying, iu the latter, full 
and complete lines of the proilucts manufactured. The iron working, wood working, 
painting and varnishing shops, drying and finishing rooms, trimming department, 
etc., and other accommodations requisite to a first-claas equipment, are equally 
commodious and convenient. The range of manufacture eml)race3 carriages, 
phaetons, buggies of every pattern and description, including the " Brewster." 
" Timken," "Fairy Qiieeu," with side and elliptic springs, open and covered, with 
"Piano." "Corning" and "White Chapel" bodies; also, buckboards, road-carts, etc., 
in addition to sleighs and cutters, single and double seated, of the " Portland," 
"Bailey" and "Swell" styles, tinished and u|)holstered in manner and design both 
comfortable and elegant. They also carry large invoices of materials and unfinished 
vehicles, to supply the trade demands in both particulars. The product of the 
works is of the best and most stylish descrijjtion. The raw material is of superior 
quality, the buggy gearings being made of thoroughly seasoned hickory selected 
with special care; the axles, springs and tire are of the finest grades of tempered 
steel, and the ornamentations and finishings neat, appropriate and durable. Their 
product is very large, the item of cutters alone footing nearly l.()()<) annually; and 
the plant gives employment to a force of from fifty to sixty expert operatives. 
The trade in buggies, carriages, phaetons, etc., is extensive in Texas and in the 
Southwest, also in Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa; the cutter trade is largely in 
Michigan and Minnesota. 

The works are under the management of J. B. Fox. who is a thorough carriage- 
maker of large experience, who served five years' apprenticeship in the East, and 
has for several years been conne.'ted with some of the leading manufactories of the 
West. Under his management, the works have been enlarged and their quality 
improved, enabling their successful competition with rival concerns in all parts of 
the country. The works occupy a permanent place on the list of Bay City industries, 
and have been [prominent in the aid they have furnished for the development and 
fostering of the city's prosperity. 



98 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



CHARLES BREITMEYER. 




Florist— Corner Sixth and Trumbull Sts., Baj' City. 

The green-houses and gardens of Charles Breitmeyer, one 
of the leading florists in the Bay Cities, are located at the 
corner of Sixth and Trumbull streets, easily accessible by street 
railroad or private conveyance. They occupy a varied and 
attractive site, and present to the visitor a beautiful and pict- 
uresque landscape of luxuriant foliage and horticultural 
beauties. Mr. Breitmeyer began the business in Bay City in 
1885, coming from Detroit. During January, 1887, his im- 
provements were destroyed by fire, but immediately rebuilt. 
His gardens cover upward of three acres, the green-houses, 
three in number, occupying one-third of that area. He has recently completed 
the building of a*handsome residence, in the grounds, for his own occupation. 
His stock of plants is very large and complete, including every description known 
to botanical science, and indigenous to every climate. His roses, magnolias, 
orange blossoms. Cape jasmines and other tropical productions, are to be seen 
in profusion, as also the blossoms and plants grown in more northern latitudes 
and in Europe. His green-houses are commodious, and supplied with every 
necessary convenience and appliance for the propagation and successful cultivation 
of all in his line, while his floral designs for decoration purposes, receptions, 
weddings, funerals and other occasions, have secured to Mr. Breitmeyer a well- 
merited reputation for beauty and originality in their combinations and design. 
His enterprise is in all respects unsurpassed, and his facilities for promptly filling 
orders are well known and appreciated. He employs a force of skilled assistants, 
and does a large business locally and in the surrounding country. 

Mr. Breitmeyer is an experienced florist, having been educated to the profession 
under the direction of his father, who is one of the most prominent in the same line 
in the West, and whose green-houses and gardens at Detroit are among the largest 
in the country. He is a pushing, public-spirited citizen, and has achieved 'success 
upon the basis of merit. 

WILSON HOOP CO. 



Manufacturers of [Coiled Barrel and Keg Hoops— Kinth and Washington Sts.— 

West Bay City. 

The Wilson Hoop Company was organized in 1882. It is composed of F. L. Wil- 
son and Isaac Pierce, of West Bay City, Alexander Bush, South Arm, Mich., and 
W. G. Pierce, of Watertown, N. Y. Their manufacture is that of barrel and keg 
hoopg, by means of an ingenious mechanical contrivance, the invention of Mr. 
Wilson, and the operations of the company have grown larger and larger, every year 
since their commencement. 

The premises occupied are located at the corner of Ninth and Washington 
streets, where they cover two blocks of ground, with valuable river frontage, and 
unsurpassed shipping facilities. On the Middle Ground, opposite, they have a large 
boom for storage of logs. The mill proper is 100 feet square, substantially built 
and furnished with knife hoop, and other machinery, driven by two engines, one 12x18 
inch cylinder for the hoop cutter, and the other a 12x16 inch cylinder for the remain- 
ing appliances of the plant. The hoops are made from elm logs, the same having first 
been steamed in tanks for twenty -four hours, and for which purpose there are seven 
tanks, each eight feet deep and 8x24 feet in dimensions. When taken from the tanks 
the logs are conveyed to the hoop cutter, a powerful machine driven by an engine 
with a 12x18 inch cylinder, where they revolve against knives moving horizontally, 
and are cut into rough hoops, at the rate of 105 per minute. The latter are thence 
passed through various trimming and sizing machines into the drying- room, and 
thence to the piling grounds. Steam is the motive power employed to operate the 
machinery, and is furnished from a boiler 5x16 feet in dimensions, with seventy-three 
three-inch fliies. 

From thirty-five to forty hands are employed, and the annual products of the 
company are 18,000,000 hoops, which are in part sold to local salt manufacturers, 
but mainly shipped to the eastern markets. The company also own and operate 
a branch of their industry at South Arm, Michigan. 



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LOUIS BERTCH & SON 



Fr«'Nli anal SaltctI llratN All KiiiilM NaiiNa:;4-M Xoh. \ fZ and 114 C'«'iiter Ave. 

(^ne of the oldest, 
liest known and most 
prosperous estab- 
liebmeuts in Bay 
( 'ity, devoted to the 
business of snpply- 
inp the trade with 
fresh and salt meats, 
also manufacturing' 
a superior (juality of 
sausages o f every 
kind, is that of Louis 
Hertch & Sod, at 
Nos. 112 and 114 
Center avenue. The 
fODcern was founded 
bvLouis Bertch dur- 
ing 1873, and for a 
number of years ha 
attended to the man- 
agement of its af- 
faire. Subsequent to 
its organization, Mr^ 
Charles W. Bertcb 
was admitted into' 
I)artnership, when 
the present firm was 
constituted, and so 
remained until 1887, 
when Mr. Louis 
Bertch deceased. 
Since then the estate 
of the latter and 
Charles W. Bertci), the junior partner of the original tirm, have conducted the 
enterprise, the firm name, however, remaining unchanged. They possess one of 
the very desirable locations for the business in the city, at the above numbers od 
Center avenue, and enjoy a trade that is only limited by their capacity to sujiply. 
The premises occupied are 40x80 feet in size, and well eipiipped with afjpurtenances 
and conveniences, including a refrigerating department of ample capacity, and 
specially constructed for the uses for which it is employed. In addition to these 
accommodations they own a slaughter-house, riOxlOO feet in dimensions, located ou 
the Saginaw River, at the Flint & Pere Manjuette railroad docks, where their 
accommodations for the slaughter and preservation of beef are commodious and 
perfect, embracing a refrigerating room in which four car-loads of dressed beef can 
be conveniently stored. They slaugliter from five to six car-loads of cattle per month, 
also extensively dealing in smoked and salt meats of tiieir own curing. They employ 
a force of from ten to tifteeu hand.s, and besides a large trade locally and with boats, 
engage in an extended jobbing trade in Northern Michigan. 



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100 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

MILLER & LEWIS. 



Mnfi*!^. Rough and I>rei^setl Liniiiber, Liatliii^ and Shing^les— South 'Water Foot 

Thirteenth St. 

This mill was established in 1866, when Albert Miller began the manufacture of 
rough and dressed lumber, lath, shingles, salt, etc., and in 1881, George Lewis 
became a partner, and the present firm was organized. Their plant is located on 
South Water street at the foot of Thirteenth street. The mills, salt block, piling 
grounds, cooperage, offices, barns, etc., cover a territory of twenty-tive acres, and are 
in all respects completely equipped and furnished. The saw mill is a two-story 
building 180x100 feet in dimensions and adequately supplied with machinery of the 
latest and most approved design, which is driven by three powerful engines, fed by 
two batteries of seven and three, respectively, steel tubular boilers. The planing 
mill is 160x125 feet in size, and equally complete in its furnishings and appointments. 
Here the firm plane and dress a large proportion of the saw mill output for shipment 
in car lots to New York, Boston and other depots of supply in the eastern markets. 
A force of one hundred and fifty hands and a large number of teams are employed 
at the mill, the product of which annually amounts to 18,000,000 feet of lumber, from 
two to three millions of lath, four millions of shingles and two millions of pieces of 
heading, which are sold to the trade in all directions. Included in the plant, are six 
salt v/ells and drill houses, each supplied with a pony pumping engine, also an 
extensive salt block. This branch of the business yields a product of 30,000 barrels 
of salt per season. 

Their planing mill is the most complete in the Valley, their boom and shipping 
slips are unsurpassed, tracks run through the yards and by the planing mill door, 
thus affording superior railroad facilities, and the water frontage owned by the firm 
is among the largest and most valuable on the river. 

In addition to this connection, the firm are extensively interested in other 
business enterprises, Mr. Miller being the senior partner in the firm of Miller 
Bros., lumber manufacturers, and the firm also being partners in the establishment 
of Joseph Turner & Co., dealers in logs, lumber and lands, also during the winter 
season, conducting large operations in the lumber camps of the North, where they 
own vast tracts of land, and employ two hundred and fifty hands. 

They have invested a very large capital in their business, and enjoy an enviable 
reputation for integrity and reliability. 



MILLER BROTHERS. 



Liunibei* :»fanufacturers— Middle Ctrouiid. 

The mill for the manufacture of lumber, of which the firm of Miller Brothers, 
composed of Albert Miller, Andrew J. Miller and James Miller are owners, is promi- 
nent among the large industries in that line carried on in Bay City. It was 
established by Albert Miller in 1882, and by him carried on until 1885, when the 
present firm was organized. It is located on the " Middle Ground " between Bay City 
and We.st Bay City, a desirable site, and is completely equipped to meet the require- 
ments of the trade. Besides the mill building, the plant is occupied with valuable 
river frontage, fine dockage, booms and large piling grounds. The saw mill is 150x100 
feet in dimensions, provided with all requisite luachiuery of the latest and most ap- 
proved pattern, embracing Wickes Brothers' gang mill saw, steam feed carriage, of 
large power and capacity, with other implements and appliances for facilitating 
production at tbe least expense of time and labor, run by two powerful engines, 
fed from a battery of six boilers each four by sixteen feet. The annual output of 
the mill is 12,000,000 feet of lumber, which is shipped to eastern points, in the 
manufacture of which employment is furnished to eighty hands. The firm has 
recently included in its line the sawing of logs on commission, general among the 
Valley mills, and engage extensively in that business, in addition to their regular 
operations. 

The firm, individually and collectively, is leading in its line and a powerful aid 
in the development of substantial prosperity here and elsewhere. The senior 
member is also head of the lumber manufacturing establishment of Miller & Lewis, 
and partner of the firm of Joseph Turner & Co. The remaining members of Miller 
Brothers are also interested in other enterprises, and are valuable and important 
factors in the business progress of the Valley. 



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CHICAGO SHOE HOUSE. 



Daiixitfi'i' Itrus.. I'roprN. KootM and HIioeH— Itouecli Itlock Htiit \% atcr St. LI 

The Chica(?o Shoe House, a ceutrally located and completely equipped eetab- 
liBhrneut for the sale of the tiner and medium grades of boots autl shoes, was 
founded in 1882, by lienjamiu P. and Oscar Dauzi^er, who constitute tlie 

present tirni of Uanzif,'er Brothers. They 
are men of long experience in, and 
thoroughly conversant with the business, 
as also with the recjuirements of the 
trade, and theii- success lias been achieved 
by that caieful attention to the fostering' 
of mutually advantageous relations, 
which, in all well regulated commercial 
transactions, exist between factor and 
patron. Their place of business is in the 
Rouech block, a well known and popular 
trade center, at No. 820 Water street, in 
premises tweuty-tive feet front, with a 
depth of one huudred feet, handsomely 
furnished and supplied with every con- 
venience and facility for the display and 
sale of their large and varied stocks of 
goods. These include every commodity 
in the line of foot-wear for men, women, 
youths, misses and children, of tlie finest 
and best (jualities and of the latest styles 
as soon as they appear. They purchase 
from the most celebrated eastern manu- 
facturers, whose products are known for 
their durability and for tiuish, making 
their selections from stock ada[)ted to 
the wants of the trade, and buying for 
spot cash. They are thus enabled to 
otTer their customers superior induce- 
ments in quality and price, and their 
eflbrts have not been without results, both valuable and permanent. They employ 
a skilled force of polite and gentlemanly assistants, find do a large business in the 
city and Valley. The firm enjoys the advantages of long training and ample capital, 
and the house enjoys the fullest measure of confidence among its patrons. 




This style of shoe, while liHviiiL.' .1 vir\ low v.uiii 
is so shaped that the vauip seams do not toucli tlie 
ioiiits, and is therefore tlie easiest fitting shoe in 
the market. 



W. W. HODGKINS. 



^Vliole-iule and Itetail ^irooer-Xo. 304 <«'ntrr Ave. 

Among the prominent houees who aid in promoting the reputation of Bey City as 
a locality for the purchase of the purest and best of groceries and family supplies in 
that line, that of \V.\V. Httdgkins occupies a leading position. The business w;is first 
established in 187!) by the firm of Goeschel A: liodgkins. both gentlemen rtimiining 
in charge and personally directing the building up of a large and substantial trade 
until 18S7. During that year, Mr. liodgkins purchased the interest of his partner, 
and has since managed the affairs of the liouse under his own name, catering to a 
fine family trade, and keeping in stock the choicest lines of couimodities to be 
obtained in the markets of supply. His place of business is at Xo. Hdl Center avenue, 
one of the most eligible locations in the city, in the center of the trade district, and 
otherwise desirable and convenient. The premises occupieil are HOxlOO feet in 
dimensions, neatly arranged and api)ointed with accommodations for the display, 
storage and sale of his stock. His specialties are coJTees of his own roasting, fine 
teas and confections, in all of which he carries full lines; also, every description of 
staple and fancy groceries, provisions, and in their seasons, fruits and vegetables. 
He employs a full statT. and does a large trade of the best character in Bay City Hud 
vicinitv. 



102 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



BAY CITY FISH COMPANY. 



Thomas R. Merrill. Oeiieral Maiiajjer— Sagina^v River, XortU of West Ray City. 

The fish industry of Saginaw Bay and vicinity, has assumed large proportions, 
enlisting large investments of capital, affording employment to a large number of 
operators, and supplying a correspondingly large demand in all parts of the country. 
One of the most prominent and reliable agencies engaged in this field is the Bay 
City Fish Company, which embarked in business in 1882, and has, for a period of six 
years, been conspicuous in its development and promotion. Its success has been 
pronounced, and the trade has become of no iu considerable volume, extending from 
New York to New Orleans, and from the lakes to the Missouri River. The company's 
fish house is located on the west bank of the Saginaw River, about two miles north of 
West Bay City. The premises are 115x55 feet in dimensions, and will soon include 
an addition 75x55 feet on the ilock, fully equipped, and where is handled a very large 
daily catch of white fish, pickerel, etc., the product of over one hundred and fifty nets, 
which are shipped, in fish cars, to Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas 
City and throughout the South and West. These cars are constructed for the pre- 
servation of fish in transit, and so perfectly do they meet the requirements of the 
eervice, that fish can be kept fresh, iu the most oppressive weather, for a period of 
fifteen days and upwards. The company also conducts a fish house at St. Ignace, 
from which white fish are obtained all summer, also receiving white fish, pickerel 
and lake trout from Lake Superior and Winnipeg, and owning valuable fishing 
grounds on Saginaw Bay. They have, in addition, agents at every source of supply 
in the United States and Canada, and have received fish from the Bay of Quinto, (off 
Lake Huron) Canada. A force of traveling men constantly canvass the fishing 
sections, as far east as New Brunswick, for the eastern markets. 

This extensive business, which is of inestimable value to the Lower Peninsula, is 
under the direction and management of Mr. T. R. Merrill, who has been intimately 
associated with the fishing interests of the Northern lakes, and has contributed in no 
small degree to their development and prosperity for a period of twenty years. During 
the war he was a soldier in the Union army, serving in Virginia, where he participated 
in all campaigns from Bull Run to Antietam, campaigns which culminated in the 
downfall of the Confederacy , and shrived the American armies with an imperishable 
lustre. At the close of hostilities he came west, engaging in business, first at Detroit, 
thence removing to Bay City, with results that have redounded to the credit of the 
commercial profession and to the prosperity of the commonwealth. 



ROCHESTER SHOE HOUSE. 



Dealers in Roots and Slioes— IVo. 91« Water St. 

A favorite establishment for the purchase of boots and shoes, carrying large and 
diversified stocks, and contributing to supply a large demand, is the Rochester Shoe 
House. The business was established here some years ago by Detroit capitalists, 
who conducted operations until March. 1888, when Burt Regna, of Hawley, Mich., 
purchased the enterprise and still controls the same, with Louis Cummings as man- 
ager, who occupied the same position during the administration of the Detroit 
owners. The store is located at No. 918 Water street, in the center of the city, and 
accessible to the trade. The premises occupied consist of a two-story building, 25x100 
feet in size, arranged in the best manner for the display and storage of stock, and 
equipped with every facility for the handling of the goods. Full and complete lines 
of boots and shoes are carried, of fine and medium grades, for men, women, youths, 
misses and children, the product of the best eastern manufacturers, and adapted to 
every service. They are made specially for this market, and in workmanship and 
material are not inferior to hand-made articles in the same departments, while supe- 
rior as regards price. The house does a large trade in the cities, as also in the 
country, among dealers, farmers and lumbermen, and has acquired a reputation for 
its supplies extended and invaluable. Mr. R»^gna has materially increased the 
facilities of the concern, and is prepared to fill all orders with the least delay. His 
manager, Mr. Cummings, is familiar with the business, and to his efforts the success 
of the house is measurably due. 



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103 



THOMAS MUNN. 



Miifr, «f JSiiw Mill .Maoliiiiery— Twent.v-Tlilr«l St. 4 roHHiiiK Flint &. I'ore 

.narquetto It. It. 

The manufacture of sawmill machinery, 
carried on by Thomas Munu, is one of 
the influential industries conducted in 
the Lower Peninsula. He established the 
business in 1868, as part owner of the Val- 
ley Iron Works, thence moving' to the 
corner of Eleventh and Washington Ste., 
linally to his present site in 1885. He is 
located at the Twenty-third street cross- 
ing of the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, 
one of the most advantageous points in 
the city for manufacturing pur|)ose8, and 
isprovided with complete conveniences for 
receiving and shipping machinery. The 
premises occupied are 60x120 feet in size, 
thoroughly equipped with mechanical 
appliances, unsurpassed in extent and va- 
riety, and adapted to the manufacture of 
the special products, many of which are 
the invention of Mr. Munn, annually 
turned out in the concern. His range of production includes gang and circular 
saws, upright and lathe mills, parallel edgers, slitting machines, globe valves, gearing 
of all sizes, etc. His five-saw and two-sawed No. 2 edgers, the result of his inventive 
genius, are considered the best machines of the kind in the United States, and are 
in general use. They are skillfully built, and considered the cheapest in the market. 
The establishment is complete in all its appointments and is a prominent factor of 
the manufacturing interests of the Saginaw Valley. 

Mr. Munn is a native of Philadelphia, but has been a resident of Bay City since 
1862. He has made valuable improvements in saw mill machinery, and is the 
inventor of the present improved gang saw. In his business lie gives employment 
to a force of fifty-five hands, and his products are in constant demand throughout 
Michigan, as far west as California, and in the lumber regions of the Southern States. 




WEBSTER &, PETTAPIECE. 



AbHtractM and Real Entate— Eddy Block.gCenter St. 

The firm of Webster & Pettapiece, composed of the Hon. Thomas E. Webster 
and W. A. Pettapiece, was organized in 1887, for the purpose of conducting a general 
abstract, real estate and loan business. They are well-known, and maintain the 
highest reputation, professionally and otherwise. Judge Webster is an attorney of 
eminent standing, and for eight years has held the ollice of Probate Judge, while 
Mr. Pettapiece has been for many years deputy Registrar of liay County, and during 
the canvass of 1888 was elected to the ollice of Register of Deeds of Ray County. 

They are located in the Eddy block, on Center street, and are supplied with every 
facility for transacting the business in which they are engaged. Tliey are provided 
with the plats, maps and books containing abstracts of title to every piece or parcel 
of ground in Ray County since its incorporation, and are prepared to make special 
examinations for pending suits, judgments, liens or incumbrances aizainst or tipon 
same, to furnish information from the records, etc., upon the sliortest notice, and at 
the lowest rates. They also deal in real estate, buying aiul selling for their own 
account, or to order, collect rents, investigate investments, perfected and proposed, 
and perform other services connected with the lease or transfer of realty. In addi- 
tion, they loan money and negotiate loans upon city and farm property, and though 
but of comparatively recent origin, the firm is doing a large local business, which is 
conducted with systematic enterprise, and to the entire satisfaction of a steadily 
increasing clientele. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



DOLSEN, CHAPIN & CO. 



T^iiiiiber and i^alt Manufacturers — Retail Iiunilier Yard— Xo. S901 Xoi'th 

>Vater >>»t. 




The firm of Doleen, Chapin & Co., composed of John L. DolEen, Arthur B. 
Chapin, Robert B. Dolsen, Henry E. Chapin and Mrs. Helen A. Wood, was organized 
in 1874, as successor to the firm of Dolsen, Chapin & Bro. The mill owned by them 
■was originally built by Dolsen & Walker in 1864, with a limited capacity and requir- 
ing a correspondingly limited force to handle. The mill was burned shortly after its 
completion, but immediately rebuilt, and passed under the control of the firm above 
referred to, and from which it was purchased by Dolsen, Chapin & Co. 

The plant covers an extensive area, and includes saw mill, planing mill, salt wells, 
booms, piling grounds and other conveniences, accommodations and appointments 
necessary to the branch of manufactiire carried on. The saw mill is 125x1.50 feet in 
size, equipped with a gang mill containing thirty-four saws, large inserted tooth 
circular saw, powerful steam feed carriage, trimmers, edgers, heading and lath 
machines, and other accessories, run by two engines fed by a battery of three boilers, 
6x16 feet in dimensions each. The planing mill is 80x1.50 feet in size, and equally as 
completely supplied with machinery for planing, re-sawing, tongueing, grooving, and 
other purposes, stave heading, lath mills, etc., the motive power to operate wliich is 
furnished from an engine of 175 horse-power, fed by two boilers, each 6x]4 feet in 
dimensions. They also run a large retail yard for the city trade, and sell largely in 
car-load lots. 

The salt plant embraces six wells, with drill houses and pony engines, an extensive 
salt block, large packing houses, cooper shops, where the barrels for the product are 
manufactured, etc., and other aids necessary to the requirements of the service. 
They also conduct an extensive and thoroughly et^uipped box factory, where a car- 
load of boxes are completed daily. The establishment, as will be seen from the above, 
is unsurpassed by any similar industry of the kind on the river in point of location 



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aud equipment. The dimensioDB and fumiehings of the premises have been revo- 
Intiouized since it was erected, nearly a nuarter of a century ago. As improvements 
were made,they were adopted, aud nothing was left unsiipplied that would promott" pro- 
duction in tinaiitv or quantity. The annual product includes 20,00(1,000 feet of lumber, 
1,500,()(K) lath, 45*000 sets of barrel stock, and 40,()()0 barrels of salt. The capacity of 
the piling grounds is 12,0l)(l,(l00 feet of lumber, and of tlie booms a total of six million 
of logs. A force of from 100 to 175 hands is employed, and the lumber i)rodu(>t is 
shipped to the ea=itern markets, while the salt is sold through the Michigan Salt 
Association, of which they are members. The tirm is an influential one aud is 
widely known. 



BAY NATIONAL BANK, 




SaccesHitr t» First Xutioiiiil Bank— Corner Center uiitl WaMliin^ton Av«'h. 

_==v, ~ The First National iJank 

=ry _ of liny City was organized 

u -F S =J 7\]^ ^ ^ ' ^^ May, 1804, with a capital 

'^-=^'^^^^ - of *5b,0IJ(l. In January, 

1H83, in contemplation of 
the expiration of the bank's 
charter, which would haye 
occurred on February 24, 
of the same year, a re-organ- 
ization was effected, and 
upon January 17, 1888, the 
Bay Nati(mal Bank began 
operations with a ca[)ital 
of .S2(H).()()l); James Shearer, 
President; B. E. Warren, 
Cashier, and a board of di- 
rectors nuide up of the lead- 
ing cai)italists and business 
men of the Bay Cities. The 
bank has pursueil a suc- 
cessful career, the magni- 
tude of its transactions and 
the high and honorable 
character it has maintained, haye secured for it a conspicuous position among the 
monetary institutions of the State. 

The bank is handsomely located in the stone building at the corner of Center and 
Washington avenues, where it occupies the main floor, with a frontage of twenty-tive 
feet on Center avenue. The interior is finished in rosewood and walnut, and atTords 
commodious accommodations for the transaction of its large operations. It transacts 
all business pertaining to general banking. Receives deposits, discounts commercial 
paper, makes collections, deals in national. State and local securities, buys and sells 
foreign exchange, issues letters of credit on all the leading cities of Europe, and has 
correspondents at all the leading monetary centers. The report of the condition of 
the bank at the close of business June 80,1888, not only evidences its prosperity but 
the interest it takes in the business affairs of Bay City, and the assistance it extends 
to the characteristic enterprise of her people. At that date the loans and discounts 
amounted to ?< .")".)7,392.C.O. the deposits reaching .^415.510.(;8, and the siiri)lus §()0,141.8.5. 
The policy of the bank has always been as a leading factor in the pros()erity of Bay 
City, rendering liberal assistance in the promotion of all commercial, manufacturing 
and individual enterprises, and stimulating trade by its influence. It enjoys an 
extensive patronage, and a reputation for enterprise unsurpassed by that of any simi- 
lar undertaking in the West. 

The present rflicers are: Byron E. Warren, President; J. Frank Eddy, Vice-Presi- 
dent, and F. P. Browne, Cashier. The directors are Edgar A. Cooley. Thomas Cran- 
age, Byron E. Warren, Henry B. Smith, Alexander Folsom, J. Frank Eddy, Williiim 
H. Miller. Luther L. Hotchkiss and F. P. Browne, leading and prominent business 
men, and flnanciers of experience and success in their several lines of operations. 



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STOVER, LARKIN & CO. 



Hardware and Cutlery— 3Ios. ISl & Vi'i Thirty- first St., Cor. Harrison St. 

Early in 1888, the 
hardware firms of 
.Johnson & Co. and W. 
E. Larkin & Co. de- 
cided to consolidate 
their interests, and, in 
conjunction with Mr. 
E. V. Monday, of W. 
H. Miller & Co., or- 
ganize a stock com- 
pany under which the 
same line of business 
would be carried on 
with increased facili- 
ties, and with results 
that proceed from the 
combination of capi- 
tal, an extensive trade 
and ability to procure 
stock at the lowest 
market prices. Act- 
ing upon these con- 
clusions, the firms and gentleman above mentioned incorporated the Stover, Larkin 
& Co. venture on February first of the same year, with the following executive 
officers: R. V. Muaday, President; F. H. Stover, Vice-President, and W. E. Larkin, 
of W. E. Larkin & Co., as Secretary and Treasurer. Under auspices so advanta- 
geous the company began its career, which has been one of success and prosperity 
from its inception. 

The business is carried on in a new double brick building, built specially for the 
purpose by the company. It is located at the corner of Thirty-first and Harrison 
streets, is two stories high, 50x120 feet in dimensions, and furnished with all modern 
equipments and conveniences. The store and its furnishings are very complete and 
commodious, affording ample accommodations for the display, sale and storage of 
stock, and for the transaction of business. The establishment also contains a work- 
shop, where large invoices of tin, copper and sheet iron ware are manufactured for 
the trade. The stock carried includes every description of hardware and cutlery, 
stoves, tinware, paints, oils, glass, putty, agricultural implements, builders' hardware, 
household hardware, etc., etc. The company, in addition, are the manufacturers' 
agents for saws, belting, flies, and other mill supplies, and employ a competent force 
of clerks and t-alesmen. The trade is large, locally, and also among the mills and 
throughout the surrounding country. The company, from its inception, has achieved 
a success which has been substantial and permanent. 




ROBERT MAXWELL. 



♦General Steamboat Agent— Maxw^eli's Dock, rear No. 911 IVater St. 

Mr. Maxwell began the general steamboat agency business here in 1878, and 
occupies commodious and convenient premises, consisting of the dock, warehouse and 
office, and where, in addition to acting as the agent of transportation lines, he does a 
general forwarding, warehouse and commission business. He is agent for the Bay 
Oityand Alpena steamers— ''Arundel" and "Metropolis" — the latter a large and hand- 
somely appointed side-wheeler, departing semi-weekly; for the Saginaw Transporta- 
tion Company, operating between Bay City and Cleveland, O.; for the steamer 
C. A. Forbes, leaving Bay City Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week, for 
Au Gres on Saginaw Bay; and is thoroughly familiar with the varied requirements of 
the shipping and traveling public, and has acquired a large and steadily increasing 
patronage. 



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107 



WHITNEY & PLUM. 



\Vhol«>Niil<' <'iiH'kci- UaktMM. Maiuifa«tuiiii« < oiinrlioiu-iM ^»h. .■»14 uikI .>!« 

Xortli WaHliiiiartoii A\«'. 




^dyCity:Mi^h: 

Tlje firm of Whitney & Plum, wholesale cracker bakers, 
coiisistiug of C. C. Whitney and J. H. Phim, was organized in 
February, 1S88. The business now conducted by them was 
established in 1879 by the firm of Pomeroy <fe Whitney. In 
Julv, 1887, the name was chanfred to C. C. Whitney »t Co., and 
so continued until the present tirm was constituted at the date 
above mentioned. It is tlie pioneer manufacturing house in its 
. line, and the only one of its kind in the valley. 

They are located at Nos. 5U and 516 North Washingtou 
avenue, one of the most available sites in the city, convenient of access, and within 
easy distance of the railway depots and steamboat landings. The premises occupied 
consist of a two storv and basement brick. 50x100 feet in dimensions, well apportioned 
and appointed, affording ample accommodations for manufacturing and commercial 
purposes, and fullv equipped with the latest improved machinery and appliances for 
service in an establishment of this character, driven by steam. Iheir line of pro- 
duction embraces crackers, biscuits, and all grades of sweet goods, such as wafers, 
snaps, cookies, etc., and in which they have met with success. Their lines of confec- 
tionery includes creams, caramels, chocolate work, penny goods, etc. ihey give em- 
ployment to a force of from thirty to thirty-five experienced operatives and three 
travelers, and do a large and steadily increasing business in Bay ( -ity and throughout 
the surroundincr country as far north as Sault Ste. Mane and Marquette, and as far 
west as Ludington. The members of the firm are business men of enterprise, and 
the success thev have achieved is due not more to the purity and quality of their pro- 
ducts than to the honorable methods they employ in their dealings with the trade. 



G. A. EMRICH. 



Grocer and Wealir in Butter, Kkks and Vegetables-Xo. 40* \\ a^liiii«;t»» Ave. 

One of the leading and youngest houses engaged in the grocery trade in Bay City, 
is that of G \. Emrich. It is a comparatively recent acquisition to the ranks of 
commercial endeavor, having been established in 1887. but has met with deserved 
success and is building up a large and progressive business of the most desirable 
character Mr. i:mrich is located at No. 402 Washington avenue, one of the leading 
and fashionable thoroughfares, convenient of access and otherwise desirable He 
occupies an attractivelv equij.ped store, '25x100 feet in dimensions, supj.hed with 
everv facilitv f.-r the aVcommodation of the trade and the transaction of business, 
and "carries large and complete lines of selected .stocks. His specialties are Cr<.wn 
Bakin-' Powder, Deter's Crown and Logan's Flavoring Extracts, also keeping the 
usual articles included in the list of staple and fancy grncenes. in nd. ition to butter, 
eggs, cheese, and fruits and vegetables in their season. He has establislied a reputa- 
tion for carrving commodities of the purest and freshest make, purchased from far*-t 
hands, and as offering inducements to customers that come from the exercise of 
enterprise and the eniovment of exceptional relations with business centers. He does 
a large and increasing "retail trade in Bay City, and merits the hearty appreciation 
expressed in the public patronage he enjoys. 




E. S. VAN LIEW.— SEE OPPOSITE PAGE. 



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E. S. VAN LIEW. 



City l*ro|M'rt.v ; Real F.Htiiti' \om. 7 and H KiNlior ItlocK, \V<'Nt Kay <"lty. 

'I'he real estate intiTeets of West Bay City ami vicinity atVonl ample and substan- 
tial iiulucemeuts for invebtmeuts, safe, remunerative ami certain in the payment of 
large profits. One of the heaviest dealers in real estate here is E. S. Van Liew, a civil 
engineer, and one of the most eminent in his profession, who settled in West Bay 
City in ISOH, when the present municipality was known as Wenona. In 188(» he 
engaged in the purchase and sale of realty on his own account, with an experience of 
twenty years to guide him in his operations, and ample capital to aid liim in tht> pro- 
motion of his enterprise. He does no commission business whatever, limiting his 
deals to those made upon his individual account exclusively. He was formerly agent 
for the McGraw estate, which inventoried large realty holdirgs in West Bay City, 
and in 18S8. when the estate was finally administered upon, Mr. Van Liew aiid the 
Hon. S. O. Fisher, at that time partners under the firm name of Fisher it Van Liew, 
became purchasers of the undisposed of property belonging to the estate in this city. 
It included about 300 lots, improved and unimproved, all located within a half mile 
of the West Jiay City Council Chamber, and within one mile of the City Hall of Bay 
City. Since then this investment has appreciated in value, and tlie improvements of 
the Michigan Central road, consisting of an engine house and shops, in progress of 
building in vicinity of these lots, will still further enhance their importance upon the 
market. They are now on sale at pri .es and upon terms to suit purchasers. He is 
also heavily interested in improved and unimproved property in the Bay Cities and 
throughout the surronntling country, besides owning valuable pine lands in Georgia, 
Alabama and Mississippi, and mineral and timber areas in Kentucky and Tennessee, 
in addition to titles to proi)ertie8 in other parts of the United States. 

He is located at suites Nos. 7 and 8 Fisher i)lock. Midland street, and has, during 
his residence here, been repeatedly elected to positions of lionor and trust in the city 
and county, to the prosperity of which he has so liberally and unselfishly contributed. 
He is the present President of the West Bay City branch of the American Building 
and Loan Association, of Minneapolis, Minn., which has a capital of fifty millions. 



A. B. PERKINS & CO. 



~ , M'lioIeNalo FriiitH and Produce— Xos. 20H and 'HO Third Ht. 

A decided and important factor in the development of commercial prosperity in 
Bay City, though the concern is comparatively a recent actjuisition to mercantile 
circles, is the wholesale fruit and produce house of A. B. Perkins A- Co. The busi- 
ness was commenced by the firm of Perkins <t Houghtt n in 188,"i, and was continued 
under that name and style until May, 1888, when Mr. Houghton withtlrew and the 
present firm, consisting of A. B. Perkins and W^illiam Perkins, his brother, was 
created. The business, which is managed by A. B. Perkins Mr. William Perkins 
residing in Detroit — has annually increased in volume and iuii^ortance, and the field 
of nsefulne.ss has at the same time been extended and occupied. Their place of 
business is at Nos. "208 and 210 Third street, in a central and available locality, con- 
veniently situated with reference to trade, and otherwise adviintageous and desirable. 
Their premises consist of a two-story and ba.sement building, having a frontage of 
fifty feet on Third street, with a depth of sixty feet, supj)lied with elevator and dry 
storage systems ade<iuate and valuable, in addition to all modern eiiuipments and 
auxiliaries adapted to the rciiuirements of the service. They carry large and select 
lines of goods, to supply the e<iually large demands made upon their resources, and 
cater to a trade with which choice commodities only are acceptable. Their stock 
includes both imported and domestic fruits and provisions, such as iiananas, oranges, 
lemons, grapes, tigs, etc., wliich come direct from their producers viii New York; the 
entire range of fruits, etc., grown in California: as also apples, peaches, pears, etc., 
indigenous to this latitude; in adilition to potatoes, onions, and a general line of 
country produce, as well as Oa-At-Ka and Baltimore oysters, in complete supply and 
variety. They employ six clerks and salesmen, al.so two tenms, and their trade 
which is locally large is extensive along the lake shore, and among dealers and con- 
sumers upon the lines of railroads running out of Bay City. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



BELL'S MUSICAL ART EMPORIUM. 



Dealer in PiaiiOM.Orstans. Pieture Frames, Mould in^s, Ete.— yoe^Vasliington Ave. 




The art emporium of M. H. Bell is one of the leading enterprises of its type in 
Bay City, and holds a commanding position among the artistic circles, created and 
sustained through agencies similar to that presided over and directed by Mr. Bell. 
He began business here in 1886, and has since enlarged his facilities, equipment and 
supplies to meet the demands of admirers of the refined in art, and who are exacting 
in their requirements. 

He is located at No. 706 Washington avenue, in a ^ell-appointed and tastily- 
furnished store, opposite the postoffice, and does a large business. The premises 
occupied consist of the basement and main floor, each 25x120 feet in dimensions, 
affording sufficient room for the display of his select lines of goods, and the tran- 
saction of his large business. The lines carried embrace pianos, square, upright and 
grand, from the well-known and exceptionally-celebrated factories of the Webers, 
Boardman & Gray, Shoeninger, Newby & Evans, and others, and organs of the make 
of Newman Bros., the "Palace" brand, etc., etc., musical instruments, strings and 
equipments generally, artistic frames and mouldings, artists' materials, etchings, 
engravings, parlor and mantel easels, imported oleographs, art novelties, mats, fine 
stationery, bric-a-brac, etc., in which, in addition to ministering to the local demand, 
he does a general jobbing business, selling at manufacturers' and importers' prices. 

Mr. Bell employs a competent force of assistants, and is able, on account of the 
varied resources contained in his stock, to offer a wide range of selection, to a trade 
in the city and surrounding country which enjoys, through his enterprise, advantageous 
terms and fully equipped invoices from which to choose, as taste, necessity or incli- 
nation may dictate. 

M. RIEGEL. 



Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Etc.— lif'est Bay City. 

An old and well-established grocery and provision store is that of M. Riegel in 
West Bay City. ' Mr. Riegel is a native of Germany, but immigrated to America in 
1871, locating at Salzburg, now embraced within the territorial limits of West Bay 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 1 1 1 

City, where he engaged in his present business in 1878, becoming postmaster during 
1879, and so coutiuuing up to date. He occupies a commodious store at an eligible 
and accessible site, the premises consisting of a two-story and basement building, 
25xl0t) feet in size, and in every way adapted for the uses to which they are devoted. 
He carries full and complete lines of staple and fancy groceries, produce, provisions, 
clothing, crockery, glassware, tobaccos, cigars, notions, fruits and vegetables, novel- 
ties, delicacies, and other articles connected with the demands of the trade. Ail of 
the commodities handled by Mr. Riegel are of the best manufacture, and his relations 
with dealers and producers are of a character so advantageous that his pjitrons are 
thereby enabled to obtain goods at the lowest prices. His trade, which is local and 
throughout the surrounding country, is large and steadily augmenting in value. 



HAMMOND, STANDISH & CO. 

M'lioIesale'jDealers in Cliioago Dressed Beef— Ofliee «-or. Fii^t aiid IVater Hin. 

The firm of Hammond, Standish & Co., wholesale dealers in Chicago dressed 
beef, etc., is the Bay City branch of a duly incorporated company having its head- 
quarters at Detroit, with branches located throughout the country as bases of sup- 
plies for consumers distributed about an extensive and thickly populated territory. 
The othcers are: George H. Hammond, President; James D. Standish, Secretary and 
Treasurer; Sidney B. Dixon, Vice-President; C. D. Standish, Assistant Treasurer, 
and Harry E. Tremaiu, Manager. 

The Bay City branch, which also directs the operations of a co-ordinate branch at 
St. Ignace, Mich., was established by Mr. Harry E. Tremaiu in 1883. He is a gentle- 
man of large experience, familiar with the requirements of the trade, and possessing 
business sagacity and affability, that with other qualities have very largely contri- 
buted to the success of the enterprise in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The 
concern is contained in an extensive and well-equipped building, one hundred feet 
square, at the corner of First and Water streets, conveniently arranged and ap- 
pointed for business, receiving and 8hip})ing purposes, embracing witliin its com- 
modious area office and counting-rooms, the refrigerating department, 5(1x80 feet in 
dimensions, and other arrangements for the preservation of their commodities, and 
the expeditious service of the trade. The slaugliter and i)acking houses of Ham- 
mond, Standish Sc Co. are at Detroit, where the facilities for meeting the very large 
demands made daily upon their resources are as complete as mechanical skill and 
scientific research can make them, and where a force of several hundred operatives 
are employed the year round. They also own and manage similar establishments 
at Omaha, Neb., and Hammond, Ind., the latter twenty miles south of Chicago, from 
■which several depots, the trade in sections contiguous thereto is supplied, i)U8inees 
being conducted under the firm name of George H. Hammond k Co. The oleo- 
margarine plant is also at Hammond; the yards and buildings covering fifteen acres; 
the capacity is 1.100 cattle and 100,000 pourds oleomargarine per <'ay. The 
supplies for Bay City and East Saginaw are furnished from the company head- 
quarters at Detroit, whence they are transported to distributing points in Ham- 
mond's Line of refrigerator cars, an invention of Mr. Hammond of unsurpassed 
excellence for the preservation of dressed meats. The products ar«^ uidaden from 
these cars, immediately they arrive at depots of supply, and hung on hooks in the 
refrigerating room, subject to tlie demands of the trade. The concern is as impor- 
tant as its resources are extensive and its trade extended. A total of about 8,('0() heads 
of beef, and 12,000 sheep and lamb, with 400,000 pounds of oleomargarine, are required 
annually to serve the consumers as far north as Alpena. Manpiette, Rault Ste. 
Marie, etc., in addition to the products sent out from East Saginaw branch. 
Their staples are dressed beef, fresh pork and mutton, sausage, etc., also the Excelsior 
brand of smoked meats, and their trade, in addition to that mentioned above, is 
almost unlimited among the lumber camps and in marine circles, giving steady em- 
ployment to a force of twenty hands. 

The value of this undertaking to Bay City and the surrounding country needs no 
elaboration. Its output is uj) to the highest standard of excellence, and its manage- 
ment has developed one of the most potential and indispensable of factors in the 
building up of trade and material prosperity. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



BAY CITY BEEF CO. 




li. Cornwell, Proprietor -Adams, Between Third and Fourth Sts. 

The Bay City Beef Company was es- 
tablished in Bay City during 1883. To 
Mr. L. Cornwell, of Mount Morris, Mich., 
are the public indebted for an enterprise 
^ that has become one of the most import- 
^ ant of its kind in the Valley. 
;;• He is located on Adams street between 

Third and Fourth, in premises 25x120 feet 
- in dimensions and in every way equipped 
5" for the business. The front part of the 
building is occupied as an office and sales- 
room, and provided with an elevated rail- 
way and scales of Fairbank's pattern, 
for the weighing and delivery of goods. 
To the rear is the refrigerating room, 25x80 feet in size, with capacity for two car- 
loads of dressed beef, pork, sheep, etc.. requisite to the demands of the trade. He 
receives an average of two car-loads of Swift's choice Chicago dressed beef weekly, also 
about one hundred and fifty heads of dressed hogs and mutton and lamb iu pro- 
portion. These are for local consumption. In addititm, two car-loads of dressed 
beef per week are shipped direct from Chicago by Mr. Cornwell, to supply the 
demand along the North Shore, accompanied by a representative of the company to 
attend to the preservation and distribution of the invoices. His commodities are car- 
ried in refrigerator cars in transit between Chicago, Bay City and the North Shore, by 
means of which their purity is assured. The consignments here are delivered direct 
from the refrigerator cars into the refrigerating room, by means of the elevated beef 
railway above referred to, and when sold are conveyed into the sales-room by the 
same agency, weighed on the elevated scales and delivered to consumers. This 
system is very complete, and its employment avoids the necessity of handling the 
meat and other unpleasant features, ordinarily connected with the business. In 
addition to the line of products carried by Mr. Cornwell, he also keeps full supplies 
of smoked meats and deals extensively in live stock, having a farm of 1,800 acres at 
Mount Morris, always stocked with about two thousand head of sheep, from two to 
three hundred head of cattle and from fifty to seventy-five head of draught and car- 
riage horses. Besides his interest at Bay City, he is proprietor of the Saginaw Beef 
Company, and owns similar industries at Cheboygan and Sault Ste. Mane. He is a 
man of enterprise and his eiforts in behalf of Bay City's prosperity have been 
attended with the most gratifying results. 

The undertaking here is in charge of A. J. Woolfitt as manager. He employs a 
competent force of assistants, supplying the trade in Bay City and throughout the 
adjoining country. He is a man of energy and ability, and the reputation of the 
house for correct business methods and ability to execute orders, has obtained for it 
a large and prosperous trade. 

CHARLES FITZHUGH, JR. & CO. 



iiieneral Real Estate I>ealers-Cor. Sixth and Adams Sts. 

A real estate firm conspicuous for its reliability, substantial character and frequent 
and important transactions, is that of Charles Fitzhugh, Jr., & Co. The firm is corn- 
posed of Charles Fitzhugh, Jr., and A. McDonell, and was organized in 1882. It is 
possessed of large capital, is familiar with values throughout the State, and is fully 
prepared to promptly and satisfactorily execute all orders for the purchase, sale or 
lease of houses and lauds, or either, in Bay City and vicinity, and elsewhere. They 
buy and sell on personal account and to order, improved and unimproved properties, 
city and country, farm and pine lands, lease same, investigate titles, care for estates, 
collect rents, and generally the lines of business pursued in real estate offices. Their 
operations are reduced to a system, Mr. Fitzhugh attending to the negotiations inci- 
dent to transactions in and transfers of realty, Mr. McDonell, who is a practicing 
attorney, to the legal aspects and phases that may arise. They are agents for the 
estates of Mr. Heath, B. Whipple, M. F. Ballou and others, and do a large and 
annually increasing business. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 1 I 3 

BAY COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 

Pliu'iii.v lllook— Cor. Center and Waxtliin^^ton Aveis. 

The Bay County Savings Bank is well known throughout the State as one of the 
most rehable aud invaluable monetary institutions. The utility of savings banks as 
agents for the promotion of thrift among all c-lasses, especially with those of modest 
means, aud aiding their securing tinancial independence, Ik umiuestioned, and to 
6U[)ply such aids to the industrious resident of Bay City and vicinity, was the Bay 
County Savings Bank established. It was organized in February. 1884, commencing 
operations on the tifth of March following. It was at once successful, and that 
success has accompanied its career ever since. The bank occupies elegant premises 
at suite No. 202 Phcenix block, the most attractive and conveniently located 
business building in the city, corner of Washington and Center avenues, and does a 
safe and conservative, at the same time active and extensive business. The rules of 
the bank provide for the payment of interest to depositors at the rate of four per 
cent, per annum, and deposits made on or prior to the fifth day of the month draw 
interest from the first of that month, and when made after the fifth, interest begins 
on the first day of the succeeding mouth on all sums deposited for at least three 
months. Individual accounts are limited to two thousand dollars, and interest 
is credited in July and January of each year. The solid character of the institution 
is expressed in its annual report, rendered July 2, 1888, which shows the capital stock 
at i$50,000, with a surplus of 6 10,000, and deposits approximating $250,000, and further 
emphasized by the fact that the bank pays a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, 
to stock-holders. The business is local and the present officers, composed of promi- 
nent and influential capitalists and citizens, are as follows: Alexander Folsom, of 
Folsom k Arnold, lumber and salt dealers, President; G. Henry Shearer, of Shearer 
Brothers, real estate dealers, Vice-President, and John Mulholland, Treasurer; with 
a Board of Directors consisting of Alexander Folsom, G. Henry Shearer, Darwin C. 
Smalley, of Smalley Bros. <t Co., proprietors of the Valley Iron Works; H M. Gillett, 
attorney; Gustavus Hine, wholesale meats; Newell A. Eddy, lumber and salt mer- 
chant, and John Mulholland, who gives his undivided attention to the aflfairs of the 
bank, in which line his experience peculiarly fits him, he having been connected with 
the First National and Bay County banks for fourteen years, aud was one of the 
principal organizers of this institution. 

The bank is one of the soundest in the west, and its management is a guarantee 
of its solvency and business methods. 



RUSSELL BROTHERS & CO. 



Itox Manuractory and Planing: Mill— M'est Itay <'ity. 

The firm of Russell Brothers <fe Co., engaged in the manufacture of bo.xes and the 
conduct of planing mill facilities, is one of the most prominent and representative 
in these important branches of the lumber industries in the Saginaw Valley. The 
firm consists of A. D. Busseli. Alexander Kussell and F. I. Russell. They organized 
in 1885, and since then have done an extensive business in their several lines of 
manufacture. They are most conveniently located in West Bay City, and possess 
unsurpassed advantages for handling the large and increasing demand tliat is made 
upon their resources to supply. Their pinning mill and box factory occupies a com- 
modious and well arranged building, one hundred feet squHre, and amply furnished 
■with every convenience and mechanical appliance necessary to the business, embrac- 
intr planers, re-savvers, tongue and grooving machines, with other appurtenances, 
driven by an entrine of sixty horse-power, fed from a battery of boilers 5xl(! feet in 
dimensions. They plane, groove aud re-saw lumber to order, and finish other lines 
of interior woodwork as reipiired by dealers and the trade, for shi[>uient in cargo and 
car-load lots. The manufacture of boxes is their specialty, and is carriett on very 
extensively, the products in this department, including a varied and diversified 
assortment, which are shipped in the knock down, to points of distribution through- 
out the West and South. They also do a large retail busiiif ss in flooring, ceiling, 
mouldings and bill stuff. They employ thirty hands, and afford to customers all the 
advantages of price, terms, prompt acknowledgment of orders, and other induce- 
ments incident to a large and well managed manufacturing enterprise. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



ALBERT B. GRISWOLD. 



China. Crl ass and Crockery \*'ai'e, \%'^all Paper. Eto.—Xo.rilO Center Ave. 

Perhaps no bouse in Bay City, engaged in any branch of mercantile pursuit, is 
better known through its wares and business enterprise, than that of Albert B. 
Griswold, dealer in china, glass, crockery, wall paper, etc. He caters to a large and 
select trade, and his business aggregates a very considerable amount in value every 
year. Mr. Griswold became a factor in commercial circles in 1866, at which date he 

began business, and since when he 



has conducted the undertaking 
with a large measure of prosperity, 
becoming one of the foremost deal- 
ers in his line of supplies in the 
Lower Peninsula. Until recently, 
he occupied the two-story and base- 
ment building at No. 809 North 
Water street. During 188S, how- 
ever, Mr. Griswold completed the 
Griswold block, a three-story and 
basement edifice, 20x100 feet in 
dimensions, of red and gray sand- 
stone, into which he removed in 
the fall of the same year. The 
building is located at No. 210 
Center avenue, between Washing- 
ton avenue and Saginaw street, and 
is an ornament to the city. Its 
site is unsurpassed for business 
purposes, and it is equipped with 
every convenience. His stock em- 
braces every article known to the 
trade, essential to the useful or 
decorative in art, — complete and 
varied. It includes imported 
china of the famous Crown Wor- 
cester pattern, of the equally cele- 
brated Haviland and Miuton 
manufacture, and from the well- 
known potteries of Limoges and 
Dresden; also, StafPordshire, Eng., 
and American granite ware, Bohemian, Belgian, Hungarian, French and English 
fancy glassware, American glassAvare — and which,with the exception of a few special 
lines, is equal if not superior to the imported product, — well calculated to charm the 
fastidious, as also the more conservative, of purchasers and dealers. In addition to 
these, his stock of lamps of all designs and at all prices, fine cutlery, silver and 
plated ware, wall paper, etc., is unapproachable. He employs a full staff of clerks 
and salesmen, and responds to the demands of a large trade in the city and sur- 
rounding country. 

The quality of goods kept in stock, their low prices, and other advantages offered 
to consumers, have made the house a depot of supplies for an extensive and steadily 
increasing patronage. 




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S. E. BURNHAM. 

Itoat Itiiilder Maiiufaotiirer of Oui-m. PaildleH, Et«'.— Knot of .Midland Ht. 

Mr. S. E. lUiruham carries ou an extensive and prosperous industry in tbe line of 
boat biiildint,' and the manufacture of boat ecjuipniente, at tlie fojt of Midland street, 
West 15ay City. Hi is a native of Maine, and came to Bay City from Eiist Safjinaw. 
He cstal^lisbeJ the business in which be is nijw eujiaged in ISSO, and has since that 
date been occupied in its direction and management. 

The yards devoted to bis enterprise, at the above desif^nated locality, are conveni- 
ently and amply e<iuipped,aud well situated for tbe uses to which they are appointed. 
The worksho[) is 'jrjxlOll feet in dimensions, commodious and complete in its furnish- 
iuf,'i, and supplied with all the latest machinery adapted to his line of 7uannfacture, 
driven by steam. His specialties are barpfes, row boats, 8trai>,dit and spoon oars, etc., 
for clubs and sportsmen; also manufacturing paddles, rafting and salt well poles, 
etc., in great variety and of the best materials. In addition to these he builds steam 
yachts and steam tugs, in which he is considered superior, and enjoys a wide reputa- 
tation. During the summer of 1S88 he built a steam yacht 8.") feet in length, to the 
order of parties residing in the Lake Superior country, which met with such high 
approval that the same parties commissioned him to build a sectmd craft of the same 
description, but of materially larger dimensions and tonnage, the sameto l)e com- 
pleted at the opening of navigation in 1H89. During the season of 18HS he also com- 
pleted a steam yacht for his private use, but was induced to part with the boat for a 
large price. In the winter of 1888-9 he built a duplicate of the latter craft, which, in 
respect to its proportions, design, finish and equipment, is not surpassed by any simi- 
lar product in the same line of industry on the lakes. He employs a force of thor- 
oughly experienced and competent boatwrights, and does a large trade in Bay City 
and the surrounding country, as also supplying an extensive demand for his products 
in Northern Mii-higan. 

His business is among the largest in its line in the Lower Peninsula, and the supe- 
rior quaUty of his output, with the liberal terms atfordeil patrons, have conspired to 
secure to himself and his venture an established position in the trade. 



1. OBEY & CO. 



>\ Ii<»l(>wal4> and lt«'tail liiquor 1>ea1ei*8— Jobbers in Fine <"i{sarM-Xo. 1114 

WaMhin;;t4»n Ave 

One of the leading and substantial liquor houses in Bay City, occupying a promi- 
nent position in commercial circles and enjoying an enviable reputation and a large 
trade, is that of I. Obey it Co. The business was first established by Mr. Obey in the 
year 187.5, and he conducted its operations until 1884, when Jo.seph Guindon was 
admitted as a partner, and the present firm was organized. 

They are located at No. 1 114 Washington avenue, a site of unsurpassed excellence 
in point of convenience to the trade, in premises 80x100 feet in dimensions, and well 
equipped and appointed for the display and sale of tbe large slocks carried. These 
embrace full lines of the finest (pialities of imported French brandies, imported wines 
of the choicest vintage, cordials, liqueurs, gins, etc.; also the best brands of American 
bourbon and rye whiskies, and native wines of standard i)urity, all of which are sold 
to consumers at the lowest rates commensurate with their superiority. They also 
handle extensive supplies of imported Havana and Key West and other brands of 
imported and domestic cigars, and their methods of dealing are characterized by the 
utmost fairness and liberality. They employ a full force of clerks, and operate two 
wagons for the delivery of goods at the residences of customers and at the depots for 
shipment to distant points, and do a large trade in the two cities, as also throughout 
the Northern and Northwestern portions of the State. 

The firm and its members are well known and popular, thoroughly reliable and 
enterprising, and their goods can always be depended upon for their purity. In addi- 
tion to his interest in the pre.sent concern, Mr. Obey owns large holdings in the Bay 
Ice Company, and is extensively engaged in lumbering at Sanford, Michigan. They 
are a .substantial iirm, and merit the success to which they have attained. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



G. L, FREDERICK VON WALTHAUSEN. 



Druggist and Chemist— Wo. 815 Saginaw'iSt., Opposite thelCity Hall. 

G. L. Frederick Von Walthausen owns 
and conducts the oldest drug hoiase in Bay 
City. It was established by Mr. Von Walt- 
hausen in 1860, at a period in the history of 
the present municipality, when the promise 
for its growth and development was less 
encouraging, and the trade to be supplied 
was less numerous and substantial. His 
success, however, has been gratifying, and 
his trade is annually increasing and extend- 
ing. He is a gentleman educated to the 
profession of pharmacy, a skillful and 
experienced chemist, and otherwise pecu- 
liarly fitted and qualified for the business 
to which he has devoted many years. He 
is located at No. 815 Sayinaw street, oppo- 
site the City Hall, whither he moved early 
in 1888, from the corner of Center and 
Adams streets, his original site. The prem- 
ises are 25x80 feet in dimensions, well situ- 
ated in the retail center of the city, and 
furnished with conveniences, and appoint- 
ments requisite to the demands of the trade. 
He carries a fine stock of miscellaneous 
drugs and chemicals, of the purest quali- 
ties, in addition to the extracts, preparations 
and compounds of established superiority, 
also fancy goods, perfumeries, soaps, etc., adequate to the demands of a patronage 
that requires the best in the several lines of these articles. His specialty is com- 
pounding prescriptions, to which he has particularly devoted his attention, and in 
which he uses only the freshest and purest ingredients. He employs a sufficient 
force of competent assistants, and serves a large local trade, with which his long 
experience, distinguished scientific attainments, and the reasonable prices asked have 
inspired with a confidence, deserved and general throughout the Valley. 




FREDERICK VON WALTHAUSEN. 



SMALLEYS & CO. 



Mauufaoturers and'; Dealers in Pine and Hard^vood Liitniber— H'est Bay City. 

The firm of Smalleys & Co., manufacturers and dealers in pine and hardwood 
lumber, is representative of the manufacturing interests of the Lower Peninsula, and 
composed of men who have been active in promoting the growth and prosperity of 
this section for nearly a generation. It was organized in 1883, by William Smalley, 
D. O. Smalley, William T. Smalley and F. T. Woodworth, who constitute the firm, 
and whose operations in their present business have increased in volume and import- 
ance during the years that have since followed. They manufacture and deal in 
Norway pine and hardwoods generally. They own and occupy premises six acres in 
extent, at a desirable location in West Bay City, also property adjoining — the latter 
being leased — including in its spacious limits mills, piling grounds and other 
improvements necessary to the handling of their large and varied production. The 
mill is equipped with all requisite machinery, and is convenient to water and rail 
transportation, also provided with every facility for the receipt and shipment of 
lumber and lumber products. They are prepared to execute orders at the shortest 
notice, and upon the most liberal terms, to corporations, factories and the trade to 
which unsurpassed inducements in the way of material and price are ofPered. Their 
output during 1888, aggregated 7,000,000 feet of pine and hardwood lumber. 

The members of the firm are enterprising citizens and manufacturers, the Messrs. 
Smalley being also the owners of the Valley Iron Works. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 1 1^ 

JOHN McLENNAN & SON. 

l>«>al<'rM ill I'iiie aii«l lIurilM out! liiimber— Vard <'4>rii<'r Fii-Mt aiKl Van ltur<*ii Hin. 

Mr. Jobn McLennan is one of the pioneers in the lumber trade, lony since estab- 
lished at Bay City, with which lie has been prominently and iiitluentially idtntitied for 
nearly a quarter of a century. He is head of the present tirm of .John McLennan Sc 
Sou, composed of himself and William McLennan, and in 1K8G, opened exten- 
sive yards for the sale of special linos of lumber. They occupy three blocks of 
pround at the corner of First and Van Buren streets, adjoining the tracks of the 
Michif,'an Central and within easy distance of the main tracks of the Flint and Pere 
Marquette road, being thus equipped with facilities of unsurpassed excellence for 
shippinj? and receiving. Their specialties are hardwood and fnne lumber, their 
stocks of the former including white and red oak, white and black aeh, maple, etc., 
also basswood, cottonwood, flooring, sidirg, ceiling, etc. The hardwood is shipped 
east, south and west and 5,0(10,0011 feet are required annually to supply the demands 
from dealers and manufacturers in those sections. The pine, of which large invoices 
are handled, is consigned chiefly to the eastern markets. They employ a full force 
of yard hands, and their trade is steadily augmenting and extending. 

The members of the firm are enterprising merchants and citizens. The senior 
member is a large property owner in all portions of the State, principally in 
Fraser County, and their untlertaking is backed by ample capital. They are prepared 
to till orders at the lowest rates and promptly; theirstocks are exactly as represented, 
and their business ventures are among the most substantial and important of the 
agencies that are contributing to the prosperity of the Bay Cities. 



E. J. HARGRAVE & SON 



Manufacturers of L.iinib(>r, l.atli, iitalt. Ett*.— :fli(l<lU' (iirouii«l. 

One of the mo&t extensive of the lumber and salt industries of the Lower Penin- 
sula is that owned and directed by E. J. Hargrave & Son. on an island, 160 acres in 
extent, known as the "Middle (Ground, " in the Saginaw River, between Bay City and 
West Bay City, of which the tirm own and occupy about eighty acres. They operate 
extensive salt wells and blocks, and turn out 35,000 barrels of salt per year, which are 
sold through the Michigan Salt Association, and their mill is 100x1.50 feet in dimen- 
sions, thoroughly adapted to the purposes for which it is designed, fitted up with the 
latest and most improved machinery nnd devices, and daily consumes six hundred 
logs in the mamifacture of their products. The season's output is 18.000,000 feet of 
lumber, 4.000,000 lath and (500,000 pieces of heading, which are shipped to Buffalo, 
Tonawanda, and other depots of supply for the Eastern markets. 

Mr. Hargrave is also of the firm of Hargrave, Haven & Co.. and Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Valley Lumber Company, and the firm owns the "Oakland Farm" of 
200 acres, where were reared the imported Clydesdale stallion "Prince George of 
Wales," and one of his colts, " Bonnie Willie." 



HARGRAVE, HAVEN & CO. 

Nliiiiu;l4' MniiiifaotiirorM lli<l«ll«' <iirouiicl. 

This mill occupies part of the eighty acre tract in conjunction with E. J. Hargrave 
»feSon,on the Middle (iround, and is considered to be the most perfectly equipped 
shingle mill in the Saginaw Valley. The mill proper is a large and substantially con- 
structed building, and the machinery is of the latest patterns, embracing one of the 
celebrated Perkins model ten-block rotary shingle machines, double drag-saws, cuttinf? 
two bolts at a time, heading machines, with other devices calculated to |)romote 
production at the least cost of time and labor. They employ a fr)rce of fifty 
operatives, an I the annual output aggregates 20,000,000 shingles, which are largely 
shipped to points East and South. 

The gentlemen composing the lirm— E. E. Hargrave, A. C. Haven and E. J. Vance 
— are largely interested in other business enterjirises. and Messrs. Haven and Vance 
are extensive shingle dealers and do a large commission lumber business. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



JAY THOMPSON & CO. 



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Dry Goods. Groceries. Boots, iiihoes. Etc.— :«os. 10^ to 112 aiidland St.— 

West Bay City. 

A well-known dry goods, grocery, boot 
and shoe tirm in West Bay City, is that 
of Jay Thompson & Co., composed of 
Jay Thompson, O. M. Smith and M. A. 
Knight. It was organized in 1883, and 
has enjoyed a career of unbroken pros- 
perity since it became established. Their 
place of business is at Nos. 108, 110 and 
112 Midland street, the premises consist- 
ing of three large stores, connected by 
arches, and having a total frontage of 
seven ty-tive feet on Midland street, with 
a depth of one hundred feet, and sup- 
plied with adequate conveniences. The 
store at Nos. 1U8 and 110 Midland street 
is devoted to the display of dry goods 
and boots and shoes, the store at No. 112 
being the department of groceries, etc. 
In the former they carry full lines of 
staple and fancy dry goods of the latest 
styles, foreign and domestic, the large 
cloak and carpet rooms occupying the 
second floor; and in boots and shoes they handle the products of the best eastern 
manufacture. Their stock of groceries is equally select and comprehensive. They 
also carry full lines of crockery and glassware, of both foreign and domestic make, 
in all the latest styles and finish. The business of the house is personally managed 
by Mr. Thompson, the remaining members of the firm being residents of Flint. They 
cater to a fine family trade, seeking no jobbing, though in every way prepared to 
su pply such demand. The house is leading in its several lines, and carries a very 
extensive stock in each, the purity of which, as also the judicious and liberal man- 
agement of the tirm, has secured for them individually and their house, a very 
enviable reputation. 




R. SCHEURMANN. 



I>ealer in Boots and Shoes— ^Vater St. 3fear Center. 

The boot and shoe house of B. Scheurmann is one of the oldest, best known and 
most popular establishments of its kind in Bay City. Its origin dates back to 1866. 
Mr. Scheurmann began business in a small way, but by the exercise of qualities which 
create success, he has, in the twenty-two years of his administration bailt up a large 
and extended trade. He occupies the three-story and basement building, 25x100 
feet, on Water street near Center, and carries a large and diversified stock of tine 
boots, shoes, etc., of eastern manufacture, including special lines made expressly to 
his order and bearing his name, a guaranty of their quality. In addition, he handles 
the production of Hanan & Sons, A. E. Nettleton k Co., and other manufacturers of 
men's tine shoes, celebrated for their durabihty, the tine ladies' shoes, made by ej. 
and T. Cousins, Reynolds Bros., Bennett & Barnard, and the output of other equally 
famous establishments at the East. He employs a full staff of clerks, and does a 
large local trade, which is also established in tlie country adjoining and comparatively 
remote. 

In addition to enjoying a reputation absolutely unassailable, Mr. Scheurmann is 
distinguished as one of the pioneers in his line of business in Southeastern 
Michigan. The trade controlled by the house of which he is the head, has been 
secured through equitable business dealings and number one articles of supply. He 
served as Treasurer of Hampton Township for two years and was one of the mem- 
bers of the first Board of Police Commissioners created here. In addition, he has 
been a member of the Board of Education for years and was re-elected in 1888, for 
another term. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 1 1^ 

BRUNSWICK HOUSE. 



John ti. Iliicliuiinii. rroprietor— X«. lOOH WuHliinutoii Ave. 

The Briinewick House is one of the most conveuiently aud delit,'htfnlly situated 
hotels in the Sat,'ina\v Valley. It has long been known and valued as one of the best 
appointed establishments of its claps, in the city, and a favorite resort for all classes 
ot travelers, to whom its cheerful surnmudiuKS and home-like comforts are irre- 
sistibly attractive. In February, 1H88, Mr. John G. Buchanan, the present owner 
and proprietor, acquired possession of tlie property. He immediately remodeled, 
refitted and refurnished the house with a most complete and desirable eijuipment, 
taking,' charge of its sub-seijuent mauaKement himself, in which he enlisted an experi- 
ence of years, anii a faculty of consulting,' the wants of his patrons. 

The Brunswick is located in a handsomely shaded square of f,'round, at No. 1008 
Washington avenue, adjacent to the Michigan Central and Flint & Pere Manjuette 
railroad depots, postollice, banks and commercial centers, and is provided with 
accommodations for forty guests. The premises consist of a three-story brick build- 
ing, the main tloor of which is used for office, readinjf, billiard and sample rooms, 
also for the parlor aud dining rooms; all of which are furnished in a neat and 
attractive manner, the parlor aud dining room opening into a broad lawn, planted 
with trees and diversified with the growth of rare e.xotics. The two upper stories are 
furnished for sleeping rooms, all of which are light, airy, well ventilated, and supplied 
with all modern conveniences. The cuisine is not surpa.ssed by that of similar 
enterprises more conspicuous and pretentions, the tables being furnit-hed with all the 
substantials and delicacies of the season. The hotel service in every department is 
of the best order, and a full force of courteous and attentive assistants is employed. 
The terms are SI. 50 and S'2.00 per diem. 

Mr. Buchanan is a native of Lanark, Canada, but located in Michigan early in 
life, engaging in lumbering and logging. Prior to his purchase of the Brunswick he 
managed the Moulton House for five years. He is a member of the Board of Alder- 
men from the Second Ward of Bay City, and half-owner of the Bay City Creamery, 
which furnishes the hotel with pure cream and butter. He is a man universally 
popular, and does a large business. 



F. L. WANDS. 



lioiierul liiMuranot'— Xo. Jil.! Fifth St. 

The insurance agency of Frank L. Wands is one of the most prominent, useful 
and successful of its kind in Bay City, where Mr. Wands is himself one of the most 
popular of underwriters. He located here in 187C), coming from Albany, X. Y., and 
at once embarked in his present business, having been identified with the same line 
for ten years prior to his leaving the East, having both agency and home-oflice 
experience, and thoroughly equipped by a practical knowledge of its details for the 
prosperous career that he has always pursued in that field of usefulness. 

He is located at No. 215 Fifth street, where he occupies a suite of commodious 
and handsomely eipiipped offices, as the agent of a number of well known companies, 
noted for their reliability, liberality and i)romptitude and the equitable adjustment of 
tiieir losses. Among the companies for which Mr. Wands is the sole agent, are the 
Bovleton Fire Insurance Company, of .Massachusetts; City of London Insurance Co., 
of England; the Commerce, of '.Vlbany, N. Y.; (Irand Rapids, of Michigan, with 
8276,000 assets and 8220.000 surplus; Firemen's Fund, of California, witli .t!2,181,')2.5 
assets and .^815,000 surjjlus; German, of Pittsburg; (rerman, of Peoria, III., and 
German, of Freeport. 111.; Hiberuia. of New Orleans; People's, of New Hampshire; 
New York Bowery, of New York; Mutual, of ('hi<-ago; S{)ring Garden and Fiiion, of 
Philadelphia; Union, of San Francisco; Fidelity and Casualty, of New York, 
with other companies rep re.'^en ting a total capital of .■?2,C,( 10,000, total a.ssets 
of S8.649.938 and a surplus aggregating S;?.t">21.781. from which it is clearly apparent 
that the insured will be fully protected against all risks assumed in the policy issued. 

Mr. Wands does a large business locally, as also throughout the Saginaw Valley. 
During the seasons of 1887, 1888 and 1889'he sustained few losses, and by his care in 
placing risks, and hie efficiency and promptness in the assessment and liipiidation of 
damages has secured to himself a reputation and patronage, both substantial and 
valuable. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



W. F. BENSON & SON. 



Wholesale Dealers Fresh, Salt and Frozen Fish— 111 Main St.— IVest Bay City. 

The firm of W. F. Benson & 
Son, wholesale dealers in fresh, 
salt and frozen fish, is the oldest 
in its line in the Saginaw Valley. 
During 1860, W. F. Benson, who 
had a short time previous removed 
to West Bay City from Flint, 
established himself in the busi- 
ness with which he has since 
been so prominently identified. 
He was the first to ship fresh fish 
from these waters to the leading 
cities of the country, and is to- 
day one of the oldest merchants 
in Bay County. He continued 
operations alone until 1885, when 
H. A. Benson, his son, who had 
been educated to the business, 
was admitted into partnership, 
and the present firm was organ- 
ized. The establishment is lo- 
cated at No. Ill Main street, and 
consists of commodious warehouses, ice houses, etc., with fine dockage conveniences 
and superior shipping facilities, being also provided with every equipment for the 
preservation, pickle and freezing of catches made at all seasons of the year. The 
fisheries which supply the house are located at Au Sable, Tawas, Point Alabaster, 
Harmon City, Oak Point and Sand Point; also at eligible sites on the Saginaw River, 
for the privileges of which latter $2,000 rental was paid in 1887. The resources of 
the house are further augmented by a full complement of nets, fishing boats and 
other auxiliaries requisite to a successful prosecution of the enterprise, all of which 
are still further increased during the busy season. A force varying from sixty to 
seventy hands are employed the year round, and the shipments of the house, which 
embrace bass, lake trout, white fish, perch, pickerel, muscalonge, fresh, salt and 
frozen, supply a large and growing demand in all parts of the United States. 




J. D. PEARSALL. 



Undertaker and Coroner— Ko. 203 Fifth St. 

Man contemplates death, as does a child the entrance into a darkened room: with 
fear and uncertainty. But death is the common lot of all — of the babe in its mother's 
arms, of prattling infancy, ambitious youth, manhood in its prime, and age with its 
staff and crutch. All must bow to the supremacy of the Master of Mortality. After 
death, the burial. To this complexion must all come at last. Among those whose 
art and profession has enlisted them in paying the last sad offices to the dead, and 
located in Bay City, is Mr. J. D. Pearsall, a gentleman whose experience has given 
him an intimate knowledge of the requirements peculiar to occasions of a character 
so sacred and solemn. He began business here in 1885, and occupies the two-story 
and basement structure, 25x100 feet in dimensions, at No. 203 Fifth street. Hia 
arrangements for the conduct of the business are complete, and his furnishings and 
appointments are appropriate and of the latest styles. He is assisted m the discharge 
of his delicate duties by a corps of competent subordinates, and elicits respectful 
commendation for the fidelity he brings to the exercise of his trust. He is prepared 
to take charge of funerals, from embalming to the interment, furnishing all the 
accessories of hearse, livery, etc., and to respond to all calls by day or night, also to 
telegrams for services at a distance. 

Mr. Pearsall is also Coroner of Bay County, to which position he has been repeatedly 
called by the suffrages of his fellow citizens, and is everywhere held in high esteem 
as an honorable, upright, public-spirited man. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 121 

ROBERT S. PRATT. 

<«eneral IiiHuraiio*- UO<» C'eiiler Ave. 

Promiuent amoug the insiirauco ageuts of Bay City, and occupying a leading 
position in the profession, is Mr. Robert S. Pratt, who for a period of twelve years 
and upwards, has supplied the demand for an insurance that guarantees prompt 
payment for all losses sustained, an equitable adjustment of differences and the low- 
est rates compatible with the risks assumed. He began busiuees here in IHTf,, and 
his career has been one of gratifying success, due, not more to the high grfide of 
companies he represents, than to the enterprise and pushing qualities characteristic 
of his operations. He occupies a handsome suite of apartments at No. 20G Center 
avenue, well titled up and specially adapted to the business, and affords patrons and 
the public a long list of representative companies, from whieh to make their 
selections. Among the leading corporations for which he is the sole agent here, are 
■the Phccnix. Niagara, Germania and Mutual Life, of New York ; the Liverpool and 
London and Globe of London, Eng., the strongest insurance combination on earth; 
^Etna of Hartford, Traders' of Chicago, Transatlantic of Hamburg, National of Hart- 
ford. American of Newark, Scottish Union and National of Edinburg, Rhode Island 
Underwriters' Association, of Providence; New Hampshire, New York Underwriters', 
and Comjaercial of California, representing in round numbers a total capital of 
SM.UOO.UOti, total assets of 858,358,000, and a total surplus of §:31.000,0()0. He is also 
agent for the Metropolitan Plate Glass Insurance Company of New Y'ork, and the 
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Hartford, for the 
insurance of risks on the lines of goods designated by the names of the several 
incorporations. 

Mr. Pratt does a large business in Bay City and West Bay City, as also in the 
surrounding country, being well prepared to consider and undertake all risks in his 
line, and at the lowest rates. He is one of the most popular underwriters in the 
State, and his operations are characterized by fairness and effectiveness, in the 
matter of protection, and have acquired for the companies he represents, an envi- 
able reputation. 

L. M. SIMONS & CO. 



Kew and Second-IIan<l Furniture —IVolverton House — Third and i,Water Sts. 

The firm of L. M. Simons & Co., composed of Leonard M. and W. A. Simons, 
was established in Bay City during, the year 1881. When the war of the rebellion 
was precipitated. Mr.L. M. Simons enlisted in Company B., 9th K. V. C— W. A, 
Simons, in Company H., 4th Michigan Cavalry,— and served honorably and patriot- 
ically from Bull Run to Appomatox. At the close of the struggle for national 
supremacy, he returned to the walks of trade and engaged in the dry goods business, 
with which he was associated for the twenty years succeeding. In the year above- 
mentioned, he embarked in the business of dealing in furniture and furniture 
supplies, and continues in the active pursuit of that branch of commercial enter- 
prise. 'The tirm is located in the Wolverton House block,- eligible premises, at the 
corner of Third and Water streets, occupying the three-story and basement building. 
40x150 feet in dimensions, spacious, of ample accommodations, neatly furnished, 
conveniently departmented. and stocked in a manner commensurate with the require- 
ments of the extensive trade supplieil. They carry every article of furniture known 
to the line, substantial and ornamental, new and second-hand; and in the matters 
of material and i)rices, are able to offer superior inducements to i)urch.isers. Their 
stock includes parlor, bed-room, dining-room and kitchen furniture; china, glass 
and queensware; mattresses and bedding; carpets, oil-cloths and rugs; stoves and 
tinware; lamps and fixtures; household notions and nick-nacks; curtains and lambre- 
quins, new and second-hand, in any (luantity and at any price. They employ a 
full staff of sale-men. clerks and assistants, and their trade is large locally and 
throughout the surrounding country, as also up tiie coast. 

The Messrs. .Simons attend personally to the business, aod the houee is enter- 
prising and reliable in every respect, enjoying the entire confidence of the trade and 
the public generally. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 1^3 

BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO. 

!ffaiiiiractiir4TN uimI Jobboi-M in Fine <'it;nrM \on. OOO uimI i'M't llnri-iMon Nt. 

The tirm of IJraddock. IJateman \' Co., maimfaoturers ami joljbers in tine citjars, 
is the most prominent in its line of trade in this vicinity, carryint^ larf,'e stocks, manu- 
facturing a large annual product, and doing an annual business extensive and widely 
extended. Tlie tirin was organized in 1H73 as Braddock it Batr»ma!i, composed of E. 
B. Braddock and Frank Batemau. In 1885 T. H. Keating was admitted as a partner, 
and in July, 1888, C. H. Fox became a member, and the tirm of Braddock, Bateman 
k Co., thus constituted, occupies a conspictious position commercially and otherwise. 

Their place of business is at Nos. 0(10 and fJO'J Harrison street. South Bay City, in 
premises commodious and well adapted to the trade. They are two stories high, 
5UxlOO feet in dimensions, and equipped with all modern improvements and con- 
veniences fur the handling of the stock and the transaction of business. They give 
employment to a force of from thirty to thirty-tive skilled workmen, clerks, assistants, 
etc., in addition to tive traveling salesmen, whose labors are carefully supervised by 
members of the firm, and their annual product amounts to over one million fine 
cigars, exclusive of the cigars manufactured to their order at eastern estaljlishnients, 
which aggregate five millions per year of the best ijualities and make. Their spe- 
cialties include the well known and highly prized brands: '* S. W. B.," "Silk Impe- 
rial," " Phcenix," " Shriuer," "Sam Anderson," " Red Hose," "Queen of Scotia," and 
other favorite and celebrated prodiicts. They also manufacture any special com- 
modity in the same line to order, and carry full and complete supplie.s of imported 
Havana cigars in addition to Key West and other brands cf domestic make. Their 
trade is very large to consumers and dealers in the city, and in all portions of Michi- 
gan, their field of operations extending also into adjoining territory, where their 
goods are well known as to (luality and price. 

The members of the firm are enterprising and substantial merchants and citizens, 
and the house maintains a reputation for the superiority of its products and its equit- 
able dealing that challenges criticism. 



JOHN C. FRANK. 

Carriage Manufacturer— State and South Washington Stw.— West May <ity. 

Prominent among the industries of West Bay City, is the manufactare of vehicles, 
in which a number of establishments are profitably engaged. Among those thus 
occupied is John C. Frank, who began the business in 1881), and has since directed 
operations in this line with results advantageous alike to himself and to the trade. 
He is located at the corner of State and South Washington streets, in the Fifth Ward 
of West Bay City, where he occupies a two-story and basement l)uilding, 2')xlon feet 
in size, and well e<iuipped with implements and appliances for the work to whioh he 
is devoted. He manufactures to order all descriptions of carriages, two and three 
spring, light and heavy platform wagons, and carries a full line of finished work. 
His specialty is the manufacture of wheels, the (juality and durability of which, as 
also in other details of the conveyance, he guarantees, and agrees to make good any 
defects that become apparent in his work, after sale, free of expense. In additicjii he 
does a general repairing business, and from his long experience is specially successful 
in that department. 

J. B. CAMPBELL. 



Cheap <iroeer.v House— Xo8. ?oa an«l 7<»4 Washington A\e. 

The cheap grocery house of J. B. Campbell, was established by that gentleman in 
1870. It is a model concern in all respects, and its career since the year 1871 has 
served to confirm and extend the enviable reputation Mr. Campbell has enjoyeil as a 
merchant and citizen. His stock has always been of the liighest standard of excel- 
lence, and his prices, the (luality of goods considered, always within the range of 
possibility to a i)atronage that exercises a discriminating care in its selections. 
His location is among the very best in the city, being at Nos. 702 and 704 Washington 



124 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

avenue, the highway of the retail trade, ^e occupies the main floor and basement of 
the premises, each 50x60 feet in dimensions, and eligibly equipped for the uses to 
which they are appropriated. His specialty is standard goods, and his line of staple 
and fancy groceries is complete and diversified. It embraces sugars, coffees, teas, 
canned and potted meats, canned and bottled fruits and vegetables, delicacies, con- 
diments, pickles, preserves, sauces, green vegetables and fruits in season, berries, 
nick-nacks, etc., in great variety and abundance. He employs a full staff of clerks 
and assistants, and two wagons are used to facilitate the business and delivery of the 
goods of purchasers. His trade is large with families in the city and suburbs, and 
the larger proportion being among farmers residing in the surrounding country. 

Mr. Campbell is a man thoroughly familiar with all the requirements of that trade, 
and experienced in ministering to the same, and his establishment is a leading and 
representative house in its line. In addition to his large trade with farmers, Mr. 
Campbell has made a specialty of the seed business, doing the largest business in 
that line in this vicinity for many years. 



J. A. STYNINGER. 



Manufaetnrer HeaA'y Copper, Sheet Iron Pipe and Breeching,— 921 Water St, 

In 1873, J. A. Styninger began the manufacture, in a small way, of heavy copper, 
sheet iron pipe and breeching, employing a limited force and turning out a limited 
product — handling also ropes, cables, junk, etc. Prom that beginning the business 
has extended until to-day it is the largest in its line in the Valley. He is located at 
No. 921 Water street, a most desirable site, in premises 25x100 feet in size, affording 
ample accommodations for display and sale purposes, with a fully equipped workshop 
in the rear, adequately supplied with all requisite tools and machinery. His line of 
manufacture includes heavy copper, sheet iron pipe and breeching, also doing an 
extensive business in plumbing, steam and gas-fitting, and carrying complete lines 
of lubricating and illuminating oils, tallow, steam packing, gas pipe and fittings, 
white and colored waste, red lead, emery and paper, plumbago, engineers' supplies 
generally, and heating and cooking stoves and ranges. He employs a force of com- 
petent operatives — keeping a man on the premises all night during the season of navi- 
gation, to respond to calls from vessels— and does a large local and vessel trade. Mr. 
Styninger conducts the leading establishment of its kind in the Valley, and his enter- 
prise, skill as a craftsman and impregnable integrity, has secured to himself and his 
house, a deserved and widely extended patronage. 



F. X. CAMPAU. 



Dry Goods, CSents' Furnishing' Ciroods. Hats, €'aps. Etc.— Xo. 60y| Harrison St. 

In 1874 Mr. F. X. Campau settled in Bay City, coming from Detroit, and estab- 
lished himself in the dry goods business. He is a gentleman of experience and enter- 
prise, a member of the historic Campaia family, which has been identified with the 
settlement and development of Michigan from the date when the present prosperous 
State was included in the public domain, with settlements at Detroit and Mackinaw 
only. 

His place of busines is at No. 607 Harrison street. South Bay City, a location in 
every way desirable, in premises two stories high and 25x100 feet in dimensions. 
They are commodious and well equipped, containing all conveniences, and supplied 
with all requisite auxiliaries for the display of stock and the transaction of business. 
He carries large and complete lines of staple and fancy dry goods, including superior, 
medium and ordinary grades gent's furnishing goods, hats, caps, notions, nick-nacks, 
wall paper, etc., and buys at figures that enable him to offer the most liberal induce- 
ments to the trade. He employs a competent force of courteous assistants, and does 
a large trade in South Bay City and vicinity, as also with farmers and residents 
throughout the surrounding country. Mr. Campau hasbeen identified with business 
interests in this section for years, and enjoys a reputation in the highest degree envi- 
able. His house is well known and popular, and the trade to which he caters is both 
extensive and valuable. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 125 



EDDY BROTHERS & CO. 

Maiiufactiii'crN of I^unilM'r. I^atli and Nalt \o. 'iT'i'.t \ortli Wat4'r Nt. 

The mill and salt euterpriees, owned and uiauaKed by Eddy Brothers & Co. may 
very properly be claimed as jtart of the original foundation of these lines of industry 
in Bay City. The mill was built by 8. H. Webster along in \H<>'.) 70, and by him 
sold to the tirm of Chapin ic Barber. The latter operated the plant until 1H.S2. when 
it was purchased by the tirm of Eddy Brothers & Co., composed of Sehvyn E Idy, 
Charles A. Eddy, Charles F. Eddy and J. Frank Eddy, for years prominently identified 
with very large manufacturing, mercantile and banking circles in tlie Saginaw 
Valley. The capacity of the mill when first established was very much less 
than at present, and when the last named firm obtained possession they at once 
introduced improved machinery and appliances for increasing the product in quality 
and amount. They also rebuilt the salt block and concluded other arrangements for 
one of the most complete establishments of its kind in the Lower Peninsula, which, 
under their management, it has become. 

The premises are located at No. 272.3 North Water street, and embrace the lumi>er 
and salt industries, with the necessary buildings and appurtenances. The mill 
proper is 1(50x100 feet in size, commodious, and in its appointments complete, supplied 
with one of Wickes Brothers' powerful gang mill saws, circular saws, edgers, trim- 
mers, cutting saws, steam feed carriage and other requisite machinery. The motive 
power is furnished from four engines, three of one hundred horse-power each, and 
one of fifty horse-power, fed by two batteries of steel tubular boilers one of four, 
each five and one half by sixteen feet, and the other of two each five by sixteen 
feet in dimensions, which also furnish steam to operate the engines at the salt mills 
and in the cooperage department of the latter. The premises also include valuable 
river frontage with uusurpassed dockage and shipping facilities, and commodious 
booms and piling grounds, covering a considerable area of territory. They luml>er 
on the Bay Shore, Pine River and other rivers in the north and northwest and the 
annual output is 20,000,000 feet of lumber, 2..500,OnO lath and ;^0,()00 sets of barrel 
heads, the lumber and laths being shipj)ed to Buffalo, Tonawauda and elsewhere in 
the east, the barrel stock retained for use in the salt works. 

The latter industry is in an ecjually prosperous condition, consisting of five wells 
with drill house and engine equipments each, a large and well appointed salt block, 
packing house, cooper shop, in which all the barrels are made by machinery a<lapted 
to the purpose, run by steam, and other aids. These salt mills produce a total of 40,- 
000 barrels of salt per annum, which are disposed of through the Michigan Salt Asso- 
ciation, of which the firm are members. They employ a force of one hundred and 
twenty hands and twenty teams of horses, and do a large business, increasing in 
volume each year. 

PARSONS LUMBER CO. 

Yl'liolenale liiiniber— Bank Itnildins. 

Among the dealers in lumber and lumber products who have become prominent 
in Bay City within a comparatively brief i)eriod, is the Parsons Lumber Co.. organ- 
ized at Detroit in 1878. During August, 1887, the company opened yards in this city 
and during the year of their establishment here disposed of over 12.noO,()(H) feet of 
lumber. The business here is in charge of William M. Parsons, the Vice President 
and Manager of the company; H. H. Parsons, its President, and J. B. Young. Secre- 
tary and Treasurer, remaining in Detroit. Their ofTice is in the Bank building, their 
yards being located on the Flint k Pere Marquette railroad, at the foot of Henry 
street. These latter are commodious, having a ri%'er frontage tipward of a thousand 
feet, and piling ground capacity for more than two millions of feet of lumber, with 
conveniences and equipments for the safe storage and protection of dressed and 
planed lumber produ'its. They have unsurpawed facilities for receiving stock, which 
comes by water, as also for shipping, which is always by rail, and carry heavy invoices 
iu their line, of all sizes and for every purpoFe. Th^y "trive employment to a full force 
of assistants, and <lo a large and growing trade in Southern Michigan, also in Ohio, 
Pennsylvania au<l in [lortions of New England. Both members of the firm are 
practical lumbermen of long experience, and enjoy advantages from a business 
standpoint, that enables them to offer superior inducements to the trade. 



126 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



THE NEW ROUECH HOUSE. 




Oil Aiiiri'ican :iii<l l''iir(>i>«'aii I'laii A. \. Itonocli, l*ro|>ri«'tor— Fifth and 'WnterHfttsJi. 

Mr. A. N. Roiiech is oue 
of the pioneer hotel men of 
this section of the State. He 
is a native of France whence 
he emifjrated to the United 
States in 1832, and located 
at Bay City in 18(5-2. The 
year following he engaged in 
the hotel business as pro- 
prietor of the Lake House, 
subsequently keeping the 
Kouech House in West Bay 
City (^now the Toohey House) 
and being very prominently 
identitied with other first- 
class etabslishmeuts of a 
similar character in this city. 
His present undertaking 
in the same line, the New 
Rouech Houee, is a model of 
its kind in construction, 
equipment, furnishings and 
management, with a capacity 
for one hundred and fifty guests. It is a three-story and basement brick, having a 
frontage of 2(10 feet on Fifth street, with a fnmtage of 50 feet on Water street, 
superbly situated for the accommodation of the traveling and business pxiblic, and 
modern in all respects. It was first opened as a hotel in 1885, the Water street front 
of the building being used for that object. Mr. Rouech's trade, however, increased 
so rapidly that he was obliged to enlarge his facilities, to meet Trbich the eastern 
extension fronting on Fifth street was built, the same being completed in the summer 
of 188S, and adding materially to the conveniences, resources and elegance of the 
premises. The otlices and sample rooms for commercial travelers, also the restaurant, 
occupy the main tioor which is laid with a new and beautiful tiling of Italian marble 
and provided with every reiiuirement incident to the demands of each; on the second 
floor the parlors, reception and dining-rooms, and ordinary are to be found, hand- 
somely fitted up. furnished and decorated, with the third floor devoted to sleeping 
rooms, single and en suite, light, airy, commodious and cheerful. The house was 
refitted and refurnished upon the completion of the Fifth street extension and is 
now heated by steam, equipped with electric lights and aunnuciators, gas, the Hart- 
ford automatic electric call and fire alarm, with modern accessories in every depart- 
ment, and a ctmiplete and effective system of escape in case of fire. The hotel is 
conducted on both the American and European plan, and perfect as the above 
description entitles it to be considered and accepted, the furnishings of the house are 
if anything surpassed by the table. The cuisine is perfect, including every thing in 
the line of delicacies or substantials, and the service is admirable, both in the dining 
room proper and in the temperance coffee house, restaurant and lunch counter, con- 
ducted for those who desire only rooms at the hotel. 

In his management, Mr. Rouech is assisted by Mr. A. N. Rouech, Jr., and Mr. G. 
H. Rouech. his sons, the former as chief clerk and the latter as steward, with Geo. 
Champlain as night clerk, in addition to a force of thirty employes. His trade is 
transient, composed principally of commercial tourists, and is very large and steadily 
increasing. 



1. RUELLE & CO. 



Fuviiitiire. liilaNs^vare and trovkery— Harrison St.. Bot. 30th and 31st Sts. 

The business of dealing in furniture, glassware and crockery is an enterprise that 
commands large investments, and exerts an extended influence in mercantile circles. 
A leading and important firm engaged in this department of trade is I. Ruelle I'i: Co., 



Till-: INDUSTRIES OF THF. HAY CITIES. I'-'V 



ponipoBpd of T. RhpIIp nn<l P. W. Oanliner. 'I'lie firm wjih pstnbliKlipd in 1884, find 
by itH eiittM-piise and tlio liljeralit y diRplayeil in tlio niaiia^tcniciit of llif htiHincHH. liavn 
Hi'ciiri'd a lar>;e and incrcaBinK' tra(it>. 'I'lit'y art^ locatt'd at an clij^'iblo point on 
Harrison f-rtoet, between 'l'hirti«>tli nml 'J'liirty-firHt Htn-otH, and carry a lart,'t> and 
divoiHilitMl stock. Tlio |)roniiHeH occii[)iHd aro '2'>xl()() font in din»«nHionH, oonve!ii«'nlly 
and adciiuatt^ly ptpnppHd for tlin favorahio display of tln-ir stock an<l tli« transaction 
of l)HsitiiiH8. They carry fnll biu-sofall K'i'des of fiirnitnrK anil liouschold j^'ocxis, 
and SI) c<nnplt>t»« in all I'cspccts, that tlicy arc able to furnish rosidcn<-cs with every 
rei|iiisitc article from cellar to j,'arict. They sell for cash, or on the instailinent plan, 
and liave actjuired a reputation for quality of stock ami lil)eral busiuesB uiauaKe- 
ment, that is valuable and productive of large returns. 

BOUSFIELD & CO. 

flaniifacl iir<-i-<H of \%'oo«l«'nu nrv, I'nilM. TiiIih. I'.lr. I'ool Soiilli (enter SI. 

The larf^fcBt establislnnent in the United Slates, en>,'a>^'ed in the manufacture of 
woodenware, is that of lioustieM .V Co., at the font of South denter street. Not only is it 
the most extensive enterprise of its kind, but one of the oldest. The IJousfield family 
were the first toent,'aK'e in the woodenware busniess on an extensive scale in tins country, 
be^rinnin^; operations many years a^^o at ('leveland, Ohio; the members of tlie present 
company beinj.,' sons of .b)hn Housfielil, the founder of the enterprise. The works in 
Hay ('ity were established in ISCill by (ieorj,'e llood. Between that year and IST") the 
mami(,'ement underwent a number of chanf,'e.s. In the latter year they came into the 
possession of Boustield .t Co., and in IHK] were incorporated into a stock compuny. 
The |)lant occupies over two blocks of territory, and includes within that area the 
saw-mil!, kilns, turning,' and paint houses, warehouse, engine house, ollices. booms, 
et'.'., etc., complete in all details, and perfeirtly ada|)ted to tlieir several uses. '!"he saw- 
mill [troper, i)ut recently erected, is .""lOxTO feet in dimejisions, sujiplied with jfour 
circular saws; veneerinj,', bottom and top-making' machines, steam carriages for 
raising,' the lo{,'s from the lioom, and other coinenieiici's and eijuipments of a labor- 
eaviiij,' character. In the niiiniifaoture of the products, which (-onsist chiefly of tults, 
churns and i)ails, tlie lo^s are raised from the boom to the mill, wiiere they are sawed 
into blocks of the re<iuired length, elevated automatically to the floor above, and after 
runnint,' the ),'auntlet of new and improved machinery, by wiiich they are cut into 
staves and loaded into cars are sent alon^,' to the dryinjf kilns adjoining, »i'd from 
there to the turnin^,' room, without rehandlin^,'. The Kilns. inj,'enious as they are 
invaluable, are fourteen in number, with a capacity, at the present time, of ei^jht car- 
loads, but will b<« increased to twenty-four car-loails each, and all encloseil in a 
buililin^f sulliciently commodious for their accommodat i<m. l''roni the kilns, the 
stcK'k, yet in the rou^jh, is conveyed by the same cars, without rehanillii)),', to the tiirn- 
ivm house, a two-story Ijuildinj,' VOxlHO feet, and equipped with stventeen larye lathes 
for the manufacture of tubs. j)ails and churns. The staves that enter these |)remises 
make their exit as tubs, pails and churns, the bottoms <tf each i)einK fitte<l into place 
also by machinery. From the forest to the retail dealer, the stock of tlit» works is the 
product of machinery. From the turning houst> tiiey are shot info tiie paint house, a 
building' tiire(< stories in hei^jht and SdxKlO feet in |)roportions. where they are 
decorated in colors by machinery, and whence tliey are delivered at the warehouse, a 
two-story building,' TOx'JOO feet, from which they are finally shiiiped to consumers. 
To do this, re.|iiires the services of 'i.*")!) thorou>,'hly competent and pUillful mechanics, 
and motive power derived from two enfjiues of lo<> iiorse-power each, fed by two 
steel tubular boilers, eacli live by sixteen feet. Their daily output is ('>,(MI() pails and 
1,700 tubs, in theT composition, material and finish, of the hi^fhest order, reflectinjf 
the utmost credit upon the capacity of the works, as also upon tiiose who supervise 
their manatrement. They have a booma^'e capacity of .'"ilMl.lllHl feet and use t;,(l(HI,(i()(l 
feet of lumber annually, pine and basswood. Mr. .James Totter, wlio is foreman, has 
been connected with the enterprise sinci- IXTc, and the products of the works are in 
extensive* demand as far east as New Vork, to Iventucky and Tennessee at the 
south, and all over the North and Northwest, as far as the Pacilii; coast. 

The present otlicers are: Alfred K. Housfield, President ; Ciiarles .1. liousfield, 
Vice-President and Secretary. The affairs of the corporation are admirably and 
systematically conducted, and its presence and operation lias contributed very 
materially to the buildiiiK up of Bay City as a manufacturinjj and trade center. 



128 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

JULIUS WILHELM. 

Cigar Manufacturer— :SJo. 013 Third St. 

Julius Wilhelm is well known to the cigar trade in Michigan, from the superior 
quality of his manufacture in cigars, and the reasonable prices at which he disposes 
of his products. He began business in 1881, at No. 807 Third street, where he 
remained until April, 1887, when he removed to his present locality, at No. 613 on the 
same thoroughfare. The premises occupied consist of commodious quarters, 25x100 
feet in size, in the central portion of the city's wholesale trade, well arranged and 
furnished for the display of his stock, as also for manufacturing and sales purposes. 
His lines of products embrace, in ten-cent goods, the well-known and favorite brands 
"Morse & Edison" and "StevenBon,"etc., and in five-cent goods, the equally well-known 
and celebrated "New Standard," " Flying Dutchman," "Little Dandies," etc., all of 
wnich are made from the pure leaf, and maintain the popularity for superior excel- 
lence they have obtained wherever known. He also manufactures special brands on 
the order of customers, and his trade in this particular is extensive and extending. 
He employs ten competent operatives, and supplies a large demand in the city and 
surrounding country. 

Mr. Wilhelm is a man, who from 'comparatively small beginnings, has attained to 
prominence and reputation, and his stock, with regard to quality and price, has 
become an established commodity with a large and appreciative trade. 



O. F. HAMET. 



Inspector and Shipper of I<umber— Xo. 50© Phoenix Block. 

One of the oldest, most experienced and reliable inspectors of lumber in the 
Lower Peninsula, is O. F. Hamet, whose office is at No. 506 Phoenix block. He is a 
native of Detroit, but located herein 1862, before Bay City was invested with the privi- 
leges and immunities of a municipal corporation, and engaged in the special depart- 
ment of the lumber industry, he has since so successfully conducted. His position 
is that of a factor between producer and consumer, an agent for both the owner and 
purchaser, deriving authority to act from each, furnishing each with the latest and 
most authentic data as to the fluctuations of the market, and otherwise serving each 
in his negotiations for their joint and several accounts. His facilities, experience and 
extensive information with depots of supply, especially equip him for the discharge 
of duties incident to his profession, including the execution and shipment of orders. 
His business embraces the purchase of all grades and descriptions of logs and 
lumber, manufactured and in the rough, the inspection of same, and other acts in 
connection with its delivery and shipment. 



IBAY COUNTY MILK! ASSOCIATION, 



Choice Creamery Butter and Ice Cream— Xos. 810 and 8ia IVashington Ave. 

The Bay County Milk Association was incorporated in 1885, with the purpose of 
furnishing pure milk and its products to consumers and the trade. A location for 
the plant was secured, the same equipped and operations commenced, which have 
been successful from the start. During 1886, Mr. E. R. Phillips invested largely in 
the enterprise, and m 1888 became the virtual owner, occupying the position of secre- 
tary and manager, and personally supervising the business. The premises occupied 
by the association for manufacturing and supply purposes are at Nos. 810 and 812 
Washington avenue, 40x100 feet in size, and in point of location cannot be surpassed. 
They are well arranged and appointed, supplied with all necessary machinery and 
appliances for the manufacture of butter and ice cream, and giving employment to a 
force of competent hands in addition to two delivery and two collecting wagons. The 
motive power to drive the machinery is steam, working an engine of five horse-power. 
The specialties of the concern are choice creamery butter, ice cream, milk and 
cream, procuring the same from farmers in all portions of Bay County and vicinity, 
and doing a heavy local trade. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 129 

BRICHAM, AMES &, HEATLEY, 

AbstractM, Iteiil KHtnlc iiml l.ouiix -Xom. 30iS and .'{07 I'litmix lllock. 

The abstract, real estate aud loan firm of Brigbam, Ames & Heatley, composed of 
John Briyham. G. W. Ames aud John E. Heatley, was established in Octol^er, 1888, 
succeeding the old established firm of Beard, Brigham <fe Co., in the same line, and 
acquiring possession of the abstracts of title of Bay County, which are the most 
complete and best kept set in the country. They occupy the best equipjjed of!ices in 
the State, at Xos. 802 and 307 PhtL>uix block, corner of Washington and Center 
civenuee, and are provided with a perfect chain of title to all lands in liay County, 
with the State and United States surveys of same, as also with the plats of vUlages and 
cities which have been incorporated and are now in operation. They enjoy unusual 
facilities for perfecting and tracing titles through their relations with the ofBce of 
the Register of Deeds here, and the Auditor General and United States Land ( Xlice at 
"WcLshington. They are thoroughly familiar with the vahies of real estate aud other 
important points connected with property interests in the Saginaw Valley, aud other 
portions of the State, giving special attention to the purchase, sale or lease of lands, 
improved and unimproved, city and country, to the care of private estates, and dis- 
charge other duties of a fiduciary character connected with the business. They are 
also prepared to loan money in sums to suit, upon real estate, and to uetrotiate loans 
in behalf of clients upon tlie most liberal terms, being amply equipped with resources 
and facilities to fill all orders in their lines promptly aud satisfactorily. Having 
three main features always before them, viz: First, that security is about three 
times the amouut of loan. Second, that the title is perfect, and last, but not least, that 
mortgage must be first security. Those desiring information respecting the title to 
any tract of land in Bay County, prior or subsequent to its organization will, upon 
application to this firm, be fully and reliably advised in the premises. 

The members of the firm are experienced, influential and prominent citizens and 
operators, Mr. Brigham is a leading property owuer in Bay County and a lawyer of 
conspicuous eminence; Mr. Ames is a gentleman of great enterprise and long experi- 
ence, thoroughly posted as to real estate values, aud has made more sales than the 
older real estate dealers, siuce he commenced business; while Mr. Heatley, who is in 
charge of the abstract and loau department of the firm, enjoys a reputation for 
rapidity and accuracy in his .special line unsurpassed by any professional abstract 
maker in the State, being patronized by three-fourths of the legal profession, real 
estate dealers and bankers in this section, which is strong evidence of the confidence 
placed in his work. 

A. C. MAAS. 



Merchant Tailor— Xo. 10© Center «t. 

The business of merchant tailoring, carried on by A. C. Maas, was established by 
ihat gentleman in 1876. In the period intervening his success has been large, but 
not disproportioned to the deserts to which his industry and enterprise entitle him. 
In tlie year above mentioned, he began operations at No. 100 Center street, where he 
still remains, and with which he has so long been associated. The looaticm is specially 
desirable, being on one of the main business thoroughfares of the city, opposite the 
New Fraser House, and otherwise convenient to trade centers. He occupies the 
maiu floor and basement of the premises, each being 'ifixOO feet in size, and arranged 
in a manner appropriate to the display of goods and the accommodation of trade. 
His business is that of merchant tailoring exclusively, being a practical cutter and 
thoroughly versed in the arts of the craft, he makes only to onler and cultivates a 
high class of trade. He carries a select stock of goods, iuchiding the finest imported 
fabrics, and the choicest product of the best American locmis, and his workmanship, 
and the style aud finish of its product, is conceded to be uusnrpassed. He employs 
a force of from twenty to thirty experienced and skillful hand.s, as the business 
requires, and does a large trade in the city, both among residents and transients, and 
in the territory adjoining. 

The house has a well deserved reputation for correct business methods and 
reliability, and these, with the known superiority of the goods carried and the work 
turned out, have secured a large and growing patronage. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



PALACE LIVERY STABLE. 



Frank E. Tyler, Prop.— Liivery and Boarclinj^ Stable— Sagina^v and Sixth Sts. 



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One of the most complete livery establishments of its kind in the State, is the 
" Palace Livery Stable," which was built, is owned and operated by Frank E. Tyler, 
and in all its appointments and equipments appropriate to the name by which it is 
known throughout the Lower Peninsula. It was founded in 1880. The premises 
occupied consist of a handsome two-story brick building, with perfectly equipped 
accommodations for the uses to which it is adopted. On the main floor is an elegant 
suite of offices and carriage house, which, with the harness rooms, wash houses, etc., 
cover an area of 10,000 square feet. On the same floor is the stable proper, with 
forty-six stalls and six roomy boxes for the care and protection of the stock, each 
stall being provided with a window, thereby insuring light and ventilation. Among 
the advantages are the easy means of escape assured in case of fire, and should such 
an emergency arise it only becomes necessary to throw open the doors at the ends 
and sides of the building and cut the horses loose, instead of leading them up or 
down crooked inclines, where — according to the history of all stable fires — the horses 
stampede and rush back into the flames. Another advantage is, that whereas in most 
stables the horse department is located on a floor above or below the carriage house, 
the effluvia arising from the ammonia causes serious damage to the varnish and high 
finish of tine vehicles, but by having them all on one floor and separated by thick 
brick walls, as is the case Avith the Palace stables, this nuisance is avoided. Mr. 
Tyler's business is equally divided between livery and boarding. In the former he 
runs some twenty-five horses, chiefly to buggies and other light vehicles, of which 
he has a number of the best style and make, having in the heavier department the 
most elegant and costly coupes, barouches, broughams and other fashionable 
carriages, enabling him to turn out establishments, that in horses, harness, carriage 
and equipment are equal to those from the finest private stables. In the boarding 
department his stalls are generally full. A number of gentlemen of this city, who 
own valuable horses and equipages, give them into his charge, appreciating the facts 
that his personal supervision over a competent corps of stable-men, some ten in 
number, together with the sanitary and scientific construction of the building, 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 131 

assures the maximum of sTood care for their property, with the minimum of riuk as 
to loss or il;imaj,'(» from lire or other causes. In his hhicksmitli and paint slir)pH he 
constantly employs from six to ei^jht men. The ^jreater portion of tlie upjjer story 
of the buildint,' is devoted to the storage of vehicles not in immediate reipiirement. 
The establishment is, all iu all, the most complete of its kind in the State, and would 
be a credit to a great metropolitan city. 



ROSE & LEWIS. 



I>eal('i-s ill l>i-.v <i;oo(In. I^oimthI ^lerehantlitiic. Kt<-.— C'or.',Tliirti«'tli A;\\ al«'r,>itM. 

The business conducted by Messrs. Rose &: Lewis is as varied in the lines of jjoods 
handled as their trade le extensive and extended. The house was established l)y 
Albert iMiller early during the sixties, and from its start has been a successful 
enterprise. In 1883 the present tirm, composed of M. A. Kf se and Geo. Jjewis, 
assumed charge and still remain. The junior partner in the firm and Albert Miller, 
founder of the undertaking, also compose the lumber and salt tirm of Miller & Ijewis, 
the former being, in addition, member of the lumber manufacturing enterprise ot 
Miller Brothers, and both Miller and Lewis being likewise representatives of the 
extensive laud and logging firm of Turner & Co. 

They occupy a commodious building, two stories high and 25x120 feet? in dimen- 
sions, at the corner of Thirtieth and Water streets, a location specially adapted to the 
line of business in which they are successfully engaged, and well titted up with 
eqtiipmeuts and conveniences for the display and storage of their heavy stock, as also 
for the sale and shipment of same. Their stocks embrace every commodity that can 
be found in an establishment that ministers to a large and varied demand. It includes 
dry goods, boots and shoes, gents' furnishing goods, groceries, crockery, glassware, 
general merchandise, notions, knick-knacs, etc., calculated to meet every requirement of 
a trade that is not only extensive but exacting. The tirm employ six assistants and 
conduct a prosperous business in the city and vicinity, as also with farmers and 
residents throughout the surrounding country. The house is one of the oldest in this 
section, and the quality of its goods, together with the liberality displayed in its 
management, have had the effect of materially adding to its patronage annually, since 
it was established. 

JOHN DRAKE. 



General IiiMuranoe— Xo. 5815 Foiirtli'Mt. 

Up to within a comparatively recent date, a system of insurjince has been permit- 
ted, in which the policies were so deftly worded, that the risk sought to be guarded 
against was included among the exceptions. A' system of insurance which guarantees 
absolute protection without ambiguity in the terms of the contract of insurance, is 
a factor among the developments of modern civilization, as invaluable as it is 
indispensable. Such a system of insurance is represented by Mr. Drake, the pioneer 
underwriter of Bay City, who established himself here in 18n('), and placed the first 
risk ever undertaken in this vicinity. He is located at No. 21.') Fourth street, 
where he occupies desirable, accessible and conveniently arranged offices, as agent of 
leading companies of the world, and where he offers inducements to the public in 
the way of security and rates, that are not surpassed in the Valley. Among the 
companies for which he is .sole agent in Bay City, are the Home Fire, of New York; 
Hartford Fire, of Connecticut; Lancashire Fire and Commercial Union, of England; 
Hamburg, of Bremen; Orient, of Connecticut; Emi)ire State, of New York; 
Ohio, of Dayton; Phoenix of I^ngland. ami other comi)anies of acknowledged 
reputability, with capital aggregating .?S,224.r)24; assets amounting to S42,77r>.211 ; 
and a total 8ur[)lus of 618.1;U.3.")4. An exhibit that property owners will not fail to 
acknowledge, is calculated to inspire the highest degree of confiilence. Indeed, 
.few agents can show a balance sheet, so to speak, as conclusive of reliability and 
solvency. 

Mr. Drake has been engaged here for nearly forty years, during which period he 
has served the cause of protection to householders with enviable fidelity. He has 
established the largest insurance business in the city, and enjoys an established 
reputation for honorable dealing and the prompt adjustment of losses. 



132 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



AMES & McAllister. 



Real Estate Mealers and Agents— No. 307 Phoenix Block. 

The future of Bay City is tinted with colors of never ending fascination. The 
day has dawned, when the prosperity now apparent, will have yielded precedence to 
a prosperity more liberal even than is to-day rejoiced in. Its natural advantages, 
location, climate and the reasonable price at which lands and houses can be purchased 
or rented, render the city an available and valuable point at which to invest capital 
in residence, commercial or manufacturing interests. The real estate business here 
is naturally of great importance, and has retained a considerable number of dealers 
and agents. Among the leading firms thus engaged is that of Ames & McAllister, 
consisting of George W. Ames and E. H. McAllister, the latter a recent accession, 
having come here from Detroit. Their lines of operations are dealing in real estate on 
their own account and on commission, collecting rents, caring for the property of 
non-residents, including the payment of taxes, securing relief against inequitable 
assessments, with other duties of manifold character intimately connected, and 
bringing to the direction of their offices a degree of enterprise and a quality of 
experience manifest in their success. They have large lists of property, improved 
and unimproved, for sale or lease, both in the city and country, adapted to occupation 
for residence, mercantile or commercial purposes, also farming and pine lands. 
Parties having real estate to dispose of will do well to consult with these gentlemen, 
and place ijroperty on their lists. Those desiring to avoid the care and responsibility 
of looking after rent collections, can place same in their hands, as they are noted 
for their promptness and small commissions, while those seeking building locations 
or desire to purchase a small home, save time by carefully looking over the lists of 
the firm. Property is cheerfully shown, and abstracts of title are furnished free of 
commission to purchasers. They occupy a handsome suite of offices at the above 
designated locality, and are equipped with facilities and conveniences for the im- 
mediate acknowledgment of orders and action in pursuance of instructions contained 
therein, and upon the most liberal terms. 



E. VON HERMANN & CO. 



Successors to li. S. Conian — Druggists — Center anrt 'Washington Aves. 

The wholesale and retail drug house of E. Von Hermann & Co., is one of the old- 
est in its line in the Valley, and the foremost, having since its establishment in 1866, 
by L. S. Coman, been conducted under his management until the present company 
acquired the stock and good will, on Oct. 11, 1888, when it was organized with a cap- 
ital stock of S 50,000, and incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan. 

The store is located in the Central block, corner of Center and Washington 
avenues, a handsome building and most eligible site. The premises consist of the 
main story and basement, each 25x100 feet in dimensions, and finely fitted up and 
furnished, having also a stock department of the same size on the upper floor. The 
stock carried represents $35,000 and upwards in value, and is always full and complete 
in the line of articles adapted to the trade. These embrace pure drugs and chemicals, 
druggists' sundries, pharmaceutical preparations, surgical and hospital implements 
and appliances of all kinds, fine imported and domestic cigars, wines, cordials, 
liquors, mineral waters, sundries and other articles — in short everything known to 
the trade except paints and oils. The business is about equally divided between the 
retail and jobbing trade in the city and vicinity, as also throughout Northern and 
Northwestern Michigan. The retail department is under the personal supervision of 
Mr. Eugene Von Hermann, a graduate of Freiburg College, and none but registered 
pharmacists are employed in the prescription department. The drugs used are all 
of standard quality, and prescriptions will be put up according to the United States, 
British or other pharmacopias, as the requirements of physicians demand. The whole- 
sale department is managed by Mr. W. F. Henes, a native of Milwaukee, Wis. ; a gradu- 
ate of the College of Pharmacy, New York, also of the School of Mines of Columbia 
College, New York, and goods will be sold at prices to compete with New York, 
Chicago or Detroit. This house is the only concern of its kind in the Valley doing a 
straight jobbing trade, and the purity of its commodities has secured to it an estab- 
lished trade, and an extended and substantial reputation. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 133 

BRIGHAM & TASKER. 

Fire, liil'e nii«l AiM-ident IiiNiiranre— Xo. .'{04 l*li«riiix Itlork. 

The insurance firm of Brigham & Tasker ie one of the most prominent of the 
represeutative firms in that line, in the Bay Cities. It consists of John Briyham, Jr., 
ana Kenben C. Tasker, and is the occupant of perfectly appointed ollices at Xo. 304 
Phcpnix block, iu the business center of the city. Prior to October, 18H8, they 
were members of the abstract firm of Beard, Bri|Ljliam & Co., whence they retired 
and the abstract records were transferred to Brigham, Ames Sc lleatley, of which 
John Brigham, Jr.. is a member, and who, in conjunction with Mr. Tasker, has since 
attended exclusively to the placing of insurance. As underwriters of insurance risks 
they are among the most popular in the Valley, representing in that capacity the sole 
agency in this vicinity of leading companies in the country, and including among 
others the Newark, of Newark, N. J.; the Merchants', also of Newark; the Peoples', 
of Pittsburg, Pa.; Security of New Haven, Conn.; Providence-Washington, of 11. I., 
and the Ohio Farmers', of Le Roy, O. All of these are tire insurance companies, 
having a total ca=»h capital of 81,(500.000; total assets amounting to $.5,;J0.o.'J49. and 
an aggregate surplus of .S 2,892,099. They are also agents for the Connecticut Mutual 
Life, and the New England Accident Insurance Companies, the objects of which are 
expressed in the titles under which they have been severally incorporated, and each 
being possessed of abundant resources. The firm are well prepared in all respects, 
to undertake risks in the departments of the business to which they devote their 
special attention, and to otTer patrons seeking absolute protection from loss or 
damage by fire, or by accident, the inducements of low rates and prompt settlement. 
The same is equally true with respect to the claims of beneficiaries named in life 
insurance policies, written by the firm. They do a large business, and enjoy the 
reputation that accompanies a career of honorable successes. 



MARINE IRON COMPANY. 

MiitVs. of stouiii Kngines, Etc.— Cor. S«m'oihI nml \> atrr Nt-*. 

The Marine Iron Company was established by George Ford iu 186:3, and from 
the magnitude of its operations and the superior quality of its products, enjoys a 
reputation as wide-spread as it is deserved. The plant was cf)nductf d by Mr. Ford 
up to 1888, success crowning his efforts, and prosperity attending the career of 
himself and his enterprise. During the latter year, however, he retired from its 
control and management, and was succeeded by William Burnett, Michael Schmaltz 
and J. H. Davis, who leased the premises and continued the business with increased 
facilities, and a promise of future triumphs that has been more than realized. 

The foundry and workshops are located at the corner of Second and Water 
streets, eligibly situated, easily accessible, and well built and equipped. The 
machine shop is a commodious structure, in dimensions 40x80 feet, furnished with 
extensive manufacturing facilities, including the latest improvements. The equip- 
ment consists principally of large steam lathes, powerful drills and punches, planers 
and presses, etc., etc., with such other tools and api)nrtenances adai)ted to the line 
of work carried on, as are necessary or can be advantageously employed. The 
blacksmith shop is 30x80 feet in proportions, and equally convenient in its appoint- 
ments — among which is a large steam hammer,- for the range of work to which it is 
aftpropriated. The manufacture includes high and low pressure steam engines, 
heavy forging, general blacksmithing and repairing.— all of which are specialties; 
also, the raising of boats for rej)airs, for which they have machinery specially 
adapted. In addition, they manufacture phosphor bronze and all kinds of metals, 
and are prepared to fill orders in any of their several lines of work speedily, and at 
reasonable prices. They employ a competent force of skillful workmen, and their 
area of trade, besides being local, embraces the entire line of coast. 

Messrs. Burnett. Schmaltz and l^avie are thoroughly practical men. who give 
their personal attention to the work they have in hand, and their success is the 
reward of honest merit, honest business methods and an honest acknowledgment 
from the trade they supply. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



WREGE & FLUES. 



(^uns and General Sporting Ciootls— 823 North ^Vater St. 








The firm of Wrege & Flues, composed of Kobert E. Wrege and Emil F. Flues, 
manufacturers and dealers in guns and sporting materials, was organized in June, 
1887. Both members were equipped with youth, a complete knowledge of the essen- 
tials and requisites to a successful career as manufacturers, and with the energy and 
enterprise necessary to the application of such information. Being thus provided, 
they have succeeded. Their trade has become deservedly large, and made up of 
patrons of influence, while their product enjoys a more than local reputation. They 
occupy the main floor and basement of the building at No. 823 North Water street, 
eligibly situated, and in dimensions, 20x125 feet, with workshop in rear, fitted up 
with due regard to the requirements of the business. The part of the building 
fronting the street is used for sale and display purposes; that in the rear for purposes 
of manufacture. In the latter is included guns, rifles, revolvers, ammunition and 
sporting materials generally, which also are carried in stock in addition to the usual 
goods carried by similar establishments. They also do repairing of all descriptions, 
and make the re-boring and re-bronzing of fine guns a specialty. Hazzard, American 
and Orange powder is kept on hand, also all kinds of cartridges and ammunition, and 
orders by mail receive prompt attention. They do electric-bell work, key fitting, 
model making, manufacture any style of barrel or gun, also re-stock same, giving 
employment to an adequate force of assistants, and are recognized as the most skill- 
ful gunsmiths in the State. 



THATCHER & OLMSTEAD. 



Choice Family <iroceries— Xo. 300 Twelfth^St., Coi-. Fraser. 

The grocery trade in common with other lines of mercantile endeavor in Bay City, 
is in a flourishing condition. Among the firms thus engaged, and extensively dealing 
in the choicest grades of grocery commodities for family use, is that of Thatcher & 
Olmstead. The business was established by Mr. George Thatcher in 1885. He con- 
tinued the management of the house until January, 1888, when Mr. Frank Olmstead 
was admitted as a partner, and the present firm was organized. They are located at 
No. 300 Twelfth street, corner of Fraser, in the center of a populous neighborhood, and 
are abundantly prepared to supply all demands at the lowest market prices. They 
occupy a well appointed store, two stories in height, 25x90 feet in dimensions, fully 
equipped and arranged for the convenience of the trade, and the exposition and sale 
of goods. They carry complete and select lines of staple and fancy groceries; the 
teas, coffees and sugars being of particularly choice grades, and the imported and 
domestic supplies of sauce, fruits, canned goods, preserves, etc. of the most celebrated 
brands. They also deal in flour, produce, feed and provisions; and in their season, 
vegetables and delicacies fresh from producer and manufacturer. Their goods, all 
around, are of the superior standards. They cultivate the patronage of those 
requiring "the best," and do a large and constantly increasing trade in Bay City and 
throughout the adjoining country. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 135 

NATIONAL BOILER WORKS. 

Mnfrn. llariiie anil Mtutionary Sleaiii Itoilci'N. Ktr.— Xiiitli and 'Water Ntx. 

The Xatioiial Boiler Works constitute a prominent factor anionj^ the industries of 
Bay City, ami thou^'li a comparatively recent addition, occupies a front rank in the 
forces which have so substantially contributed to the development iTnd building up 
of Bay City's material prosperity. The works were establislud in 1885, by Gray, 
Maher &, Flajole. With the retirement of Mr. Gray in August, 188(), the present firm 
composed of John Maher and John Flajole was organized ami still continues. Both 
members are young men, alive to the requirements of the business, enterprising and 
honorable re{)resentatives of that guild which regards labor as the basis of all pros- 
perity. Their establishment is located at the corner of Ninth and Water streets, 
most desirably and eligibly situated for manufacturing purposes, and adequately 
eijuipped for the uses to which it is devoted. The works occupy a commodius build- 
ing 120x60 feet, containing all necessary machinery and labor-saving devices, by 
which the promotion of their products is advanced, and is in all respects a model 
concern of its class. Their specialty is the mauufacttire of boilers, marine and stat- 
ionary, also of salt pans, and effecting repairs. Their products are of the very best 
material, and in demand all over the country, especially in sections where lumber 
cutting machinery is required. During the season of 1888, they completed a battery 
of three steel tubular boilers, each SJoxlG feet for consignees in Arizona, and two of 
similar material, pattern and dimensions for parties in Washington Territory, also 
were builders of the boilers supplying the motive power to the steam barge " Burling- 
ton," the same being 8i<3xl5 feet in size, steel marine. They also constructed 
seven pony marine boilers for Wheeler's lake boats; one each for the propeller 
"Post Boy," tug " Munday " and pile-driver "Annie;" three yacht boilers for Sam- 
uel Burnham, and one each for IMr. Bense and Henry Williamson, also tubular 
boilers for the Jenny Electric Works at Ypsilanti; and the same class of work for 
Bousfield, Perrin k Co., Bousfield & Co., L. L. Hotchkiss k Co., M. Haggerty ct Co., 
Smalley Bros, k Co., James Xorris of Sterling, Mich., and others, all of the largest 
and most powerful class. In addition, they do considerable work in the same line, 
for lumber dealers in the Southern states and elsewhere, and their business of repair- 
ing extends among the mills of Bay City and vicinity, and throughout the surround- 
ing country. They employ seventy skilled mechanics, and their output ranks with 
the best in the Northwe.st. 



H. W. WEBER & BRO. 



Hardware, Stoves, Kte.— Xo. 10« :)Iidland St.— W ewt Hay City. 

Among the old and reliable business houses in this portion of the State — well 
known and popular— none stands higher commercially, financially and with the 
trade, than H. W. Weber k Bro.. dealers in hardware and hardware supplies. The 
concern was established in 1877. by Henry W\ Weber, and was l)y himself conducted 
for twelve years. In 1885, John C. Weber, his brother, was admitted into the house 
as a partner, and the present firm was organized. The venture has been successful 
from its original establishment: its importance as a factor in mercantile circles 
increasing, and the trade extending each succeeding year since its foundation. They 
are located at No. 106 Midland street. West Bay City, in premises in every way 
adapted to the demands of the trade; they consist of a fine two-story and basement 
V)uilding. '2.")xlOO feet in dimensions, with an "L" 2")x2.') feet in size, extending to Linn 
street, and a two-story warehouse and workshop, 2.")xS() feet, fronting ou the latter 
thoroughfare, admirably ap[)ointed and departmeuted. The stock carrieil is very full 
and complete in all the lines handled, embracing shelf, builders' and housekeepers' 
hardware, mechanics' tools and appliances of every descrijition, superior grades of 
cutlery, table ami pocket; also heating and cooking stoves and ranges, with the 
e<|uipmeuts in tinware, etc., thereunto appertaining, and other articles of utility and 
value connected with the businest;. Their stock, in short, is as varied and compre- 
hensive as long experience in, and familiarity with the demands of the trade can 
make it. Thoy also do an extensive business in repairing, etc., employing a full 
f<irce of assistants and operatives, and supplying a large demand in the city and 
throughout the adjoining country. 



136 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



ROBERT BEUTEL. 



W'liolesale Fresh and Salt Fish— ^Vest Bay City. 

The opportunities afforded for an investment of capital in enterprises growing out 
of the fish resources of Saginaw Bay and contiguous waters, have always been 
largely availed of. That they always will be, is equally conclusive, even though 
competition with other food products should become more and more active with each 
succeeding year. Among the wholesale dealers engaged in this line of business, and 
whose resources and facilities enable him to furnish the best qualities of supplies at 
the lowest prices, is Robert B^utel. He began operations here in 1886, and with the 
equipments at his command, which are unsurpassed, he has built up a demand for 
his annual catch that has extended and become firmly established in all parts of the 
country. His warehouse is 25x150 feet in dimensions, amply furnished with 
accommodations for the storage, cure and shipment of his products, including 
large ice houses and superior dockage facilities. His fisheries are principally 
located at Au Gres, Yanquam, Quanaesea, Reservation Beach, etc., as also at distant 
points along the North Shore, all of which are adequately equipped and appointed, 
and during the season the bases of very extensive operations. His specialties are 
white fish, lake trout, pickerel, perch and bass, though every description of food fish 
known to this latitude are included in his stock and shipments. He also carries full 
lines of salt fish and salt water fish and delicacies, and gives employment to ten hands. 
His trade is at points of distribution East, South and West, to which shipments aggre- 
gating thousands of tons are annually made. Mr. William Beutel, with his sons, 
August and Albert, are also interested in the annual catch. 



S. SWART. 



Watches. Jewelry, Diamonds. Etc.— Xo. 117 L.inn St.— West Bay City. 

A leading and artistic jeweler in West Bay City is Mr. S. Swart. He is a native 
of Lapeer, this State, and in addition to a long experience in the business, is a prac- 
tical watchmaker and diamond setter. He has been engaged in his professional 
capacity for many years in West Bay City, and is located at No. 117 Linn street — 
sign of the town clock. The store occupied is 25x80 feet in dimensions, neatly fitted 
up, and well equipped with a choice line of goods. His specialties are watch and 
jewelry repairing and diamond setting, in all of which he has the reputation of being 
an accomplished and skillful craftsman. The stocks carried embrace the best make 
of imported and American watches, in gold, silver and filled cases; diamonds. Cash- 
mere and Burmah rubies, Ceylon sapphires, pearls and other precious stones, fine 
gold jewelry, solid silver and silver-plated ware, bronze ormolu and marble clocks, 
Holland's gold pens, spectacles, etc., all of leading manufacture and unique and 
original in design. His lines are complete in every department and in addition to 
those quoted, he keeps in stock every description of bric-a-brac and other articles 
of virtu to be obtained in first class establishments of the kind only. 



THE MANSION HOUSE. 



William Kelly, Proprietor— Sfo. 1306 Washington St. 

The Mansion House is one of the most comfortable, homelike and favorably 
known of Bay City hotels. In January of 1887, William Kelly, up to that date 
landlord of the Kelly House at Pinconning, this State, became the manager and 
proprietor of the Mansion, and by his administration of affairs has materially 
added to its reputation and comforts. It is located at No. 1306 Washington street, 
being a three-story brick building 60x100 feet in dimensions, neatly furnished and 
with capacity to accommodate fifty guests. The premises are admirably situated, 
being in close proximity to the railway depots, boat landings, etc., and within sight of 
the several street car lines, thereby affording visitors a neat and rapid means of 
transit to all portions of the city. A competent and obliging staff of assistants are 
employed by Mr. Kelly, who has fixed his rates to patrons at one dollar per diem, 
and does a large transient trade. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 137 



ROBERT ELLIOTT. 

Mnfr. WatfoiiM. llugjcioM/Ktc— Mi«llancl aii<l <'atliuriiu']!>*tH.— Went Uaj- tit.v. 

A leading branch of tlie mannfacturiug inclustrieB of West Bay City, and one, 
too, as prosperous as it has become leading, is that of wagons, buggies and other 
vehicles. Prominent in this line is the house of Robert Elliott, and one of the oldest 
and best known for its superior workmanshiji and fair dealings. The proprietor is 
a practical and experienced blacksmith and carriage l)uilder, who commenced 
operations here in 1871, and has continued, since that date, on a successful career. 
He is located at the corner of Midland and Catharine streets, than which there is no 
better site in the city for his line of work, and where he is constantly employed 
during all seasons of the year. His factory is contained in a two-story building, 
40x10(1 feet in size, well fitted up with all necessary implements and appliances for 
the successful conduct of the business. Mr. Elliott makes only to onler, not 
competing with the manufacturers of cheap goods, and enjoys an enviable reputation 
for the durability of his products. These include buggies, spring wagons, lumber 
wagons and other conveyances, in all of which the best materials are employed, and, 
when completed, are substantial, reliable, and in every particular models of skillful 
workmanship. He also does general blacksmithing and horse-shoeing work, painting, 
trimming and repairing, and is prepared to complete all contracts with the least 
delay and at the lowest rates. He does a large business, which is steadily augment- 
ing and extending.] 

INDUSTRIAL WORKS. 



AlanufaoturerN of Itailroatl Machinery— Eleventh and "Water StH. 

The Industrial "Works were organized in 1873, with 8100,000 capital. Geo. C. 
Kimball, President; James Clements. Vice-President; C. E. Wells, Secretary and 
E. Wells, Treasurer. Subsequently C. R. AVells succeeded E. Wells and James 
Clements became President. The capital stock has also been increased and the 
line of manufacture changed from general mill and marine machinery to railroad 
specialties. The works are located at the corner of Eleventh and Water streets, with 
a frontage of 400 feet and extending 800 feet to the rear. The buildings occupied 
are of brick, fire-proof and well equipped with labor saving devices for operations 
in the various lines of production carried on, run by steam. The manufacture 
embraces portable steel rail saws, steam pile-drivers, excavators, wrecking cranes, 
locomotive and car transfer tables, turn-tables, etc., etc. Their products are in use 
by nearly every railroad on the American continent. They employ a force of two 
hundred and fifty competeftit operatives and their annual business aggregates a very 
large amount in value. The present oflicers are James Clements, President; Charles 
R. Wells, Secretary and Treasurer, and W^illiam L. Clements, mechanical engineer. 



BAY CITY LAUNDRY. 

li. H. filriftin, I'roprietor— Cor. of Fifth aii«l NnKinnw Stn. 

The Bay City Laundry is the pioneer enterprise of its kind in Bay City. It was 
established in 1870, by L. H. Griffin, who has since managed its operation, and 
built up a large and profitable business, giving employment to a large force and 
acquiring an influential and deserved reputation for fine work and a liberal scale of 
prices. He is located at the corner of Fifth and Saginaw streets, a site of unsur- 
l)assed advantage, within easy reach of the business and residence portions of the 
city, and otherwise convenient. The laundry i)roper occupies a building '25x100 feet 
in 'size, equipped with the latest improved machinery, also having large accommoda- 
tions for drying purposes, and every facility for the rapid and satisfactory disposition 
of the work to which the premises are adopted. Mr. Grillin makes a specialty of 
the more delicate work in his line, and the growing patronage served by his estab- 
lishment is an evidence of the appreciation his efforts elicit. He emi)loys a force of 
eighteen experienced and capable assistants, and does a large business locally, and 
within a considerable radius of the Bay Cities. 



138 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



E. E. BURROUGHS. 



liivery and Boarding isitable— Fifth and Sagina\^' Sts. 

One of the best known and most popular livery and 
boardingr stables in Bay City is owned and conducted by 
Mr. E. E. Burroughs, at the corner of Fifth and Saginaw 
streets. He began business in 1883, and has enjoyed a 
large and growing trade, from the day he inaugurated the 
undertaking. He occupies a fine two-story brick building 
at the above designated corner, 50x120 feet in size, abund- 
antly lighted and perfectly ventilated, furnished wilh every 
convenience — including six box stalls— and with accom- 
modations for the care of twenty-five head of stock. The 
main floor is used for purposes general to his line of busi- 
ness, being divided into office, carriage, harness and stable 
rooms, and supplied with all necessary equipments thereto appertaining. He owns 
and furnishes for public necessity or private pleasure, a field of fifteen horses, includ- 
ing roadsters, driving and saddle animals, also a fine line of elegant single and double 
wagons, buggies, carriages, coaches, etc., and is prepared to furnish conveyances to 
weddings, funerals and other occasions to which they are desirable or necessary. In 
addition, he stables quite a number of horses belonging to owners among families and 
business men, who find it more convenient to board their stock than to care for them 
at home. He employs a competent force of assistants, and does an extensive local 
business. 




S. GRABOWSKY. 



IVatches, Clocks and Jew elry— Repairing IVeatly Done and Warranted— 

16o. lis Center St. 

Conspicuous among the established business houses in Bay City, is that of S. 
Grabowsky, dealing in watches, clocks and jewelry, and silver and plated ware. The 
undertaking was started by Mr. Grabowsky during 1871, and in the years that have 
followed, his success has been both deserved and pronounced. Along in 1878, his 
growing trade necessitated the obtaining of larger and more accessible accommoda- 
tions, whereupon he removed to the corner of Center and Saginaw streets, his present 
location. The premises could not be more eligibly situated, being at the corner of 
two of the principal business streets, neatly furnished and fitted up, and a depot of 
supply for articles in the various lines of goods representing the jewelry business. 
His stock is composed of the best make of American watches, in solid gold and silver 
and filled cases, fine solid gold and rolled jewelry, diamonds and precious stones, solid 
silver and electro-plated ware; bronze, marble and other clocks, mantel ornaments, 
and bijouterie generally in great variety. His trade is large and increasing in Bay 
City and the country tributary. His specialty is the manufacture, to order, of fine 
jewelry, as also in repairing same, and being an expert craftsman, he does a large 
business in both lines. 

Mr. Grabowsky is a well-known citizen, familiar with the requirements of the 
trade, and the success of his enterprise is a proper recognition of his business 
methods and the quality of stock oifered the public. 



E. A. SPEAR. 



Ciroeerles, Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables, Teas and CoflPee— Xo. 308 Center 

Aveniie. 

A prominent representative of the retail trade in fine groceries and household 
supplies in Bay City, is Mr. E. A. Spear, whose place of business is at No. 308 
Center avenue. The house was established in 1879 by Spear & Chatfield. Mr. 
Chatfield retiring in 1879, Mr. Spear succeeded, and has since enjoyed the 
exclusive control and management of the enterprise, with annually increasing 
results, of a character both prosperous and prominent, the inevitable sequel to all 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 139 

well directed efforts. He occupies the basement and main Hoor at the above 
designated number on Center avenue, a very convenient site, and with excellent 
accommodations in the way of disposing of the large business. The premises are in 
dimensions 25x120 feet, neatly arranged, attractively fitted up, and Hiipplied with 
conveniences to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing trade. He deals in the 
best qualities of supplies in his lino and carries a large stock, embracing staple and 
fancy groceries, canned goods and sweet-meats; sauces and delicacies; condiments, 
foreign and domestic; provisions of every description and fruits and vegetables in 
season, with the usual list of articles standard with the business. He employs a 
force of competent clerks and operates two wagons for the benefit of his patrons. 
He caters exclusively to the best family trade, and attends jjersonally to the 
management of affairs connected with the enterprise. The articles dealt in are the 
best obtainable, and the house occupies a high position among the mercantile 
industries of the city. 

FLORENTINE H. J. VAN EMSTER. 



DruggiHt-Xo. 300 Twelfth St. 

The drag house of Florentine H. J. Van Emster is prominent alike for its long and 
successful career, also for its reliability and the purity of the goods carried. It was 
established by Mr. Van Emster in 1877, and has occupied its present site for upwards 
of eleven years. The establishment is advantageously located at No. 300 Twelfth 
street, fronting Washington avenue. The premises are 25x00 feet in dimensions, well 
appointed and arranged, and furnished with exceptional facilities for the conduct of 
the business. The proprietor is an experienced and practical chemist, learned in the 
science of pharmacopa-ia, specially familiar with the requirements of the trade, and 
reputed for his attainments in the line of his profession. He carries complete stocks 
%of the purest and freshest of drugs and chemicals, selected with care ; also standard 
medicines, fluid extracts, medicinal compounds, special preparations, wines and 
liquors for medical purposes, druggists' supplies and sundries, toilet goods, per- 
fumeries, etc., with instruments and appliances usual to the business, of the best 
make and in great variety. His specialty, in addition to purity of stock, is the com- 
pounding of prescriptions. In the exercise of this accomplishment he brings experi- 
ence, ability and care to his aid, and employs only the choicest chemicals. He owns 
the property in which his store is situated, also that adjoining, which he occupies as 
a residence, and is prepared to respond to all calls for services, day or night. He is 
assisted by a force of expert apothecaries, and ministers to the wants of a large trade 
in Bay City and Bay County. 

E. B. FOSS & CO. 



Dealers in White Pine liuniber— Xo.| 1705 Xortli IVater S^t. 

The lumber firm of E. B. Foss & Co., is among the older organizations of the kind, 
and one of the largest and best equipped in Bay City. The business was established 
during 1870, by S. S. Foss and E. B. Foss, who managed and promoted its growth and 
development until January, 1S83, when the firm name was changed to Foss it Leiter, 
remaining so until August, 1888, at which date Mr. Leiter retired, and the present 
firm name was adopted. They are located at No. 1705 North Water street, a site for 
the conduct of the business, convenient and advantageous, and furnished with every 
accessory that will contribute to the successful handling of their large trade. Their 
extensive yards are well equipped, with railroad tracks running through them and 
connecting with main lines, and other facilities <>f the most desirable character for 
shipping. Their planing mill is equally (complete in its ai)i)ointmentR, and furnished 
with machinery of the most improved pattern. They handle white pine lumber most 
generally, making dressed lumber, which they manufacture in large lots, a specialty, 
also dealing heavily in pine lumber in the rough, their annual sales averaging 
1(3,000,000 feet. They employ from tiffy to sixty hands, and ship in car-load lots to the 
eastern and southern markets. The firm is well known to the trade in all parts of 
the country, and enjoys a reoutation for financial ability and resources, as also for 
promptness in the filling of orders, and other characteristics, both enviable and 
deserved. 



140 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



HAWKINS & TROMBLEY. 



Dealers in Clioioe Gi'oceries and ProTisions — Corner -lOtli and Harrison 8ts. 

The well known and established grocery and provision firm of Hawkins & 
Trombley, organized in 1880, and doing a large and steadily increasing business, is a 
prominent and potential factor among the commercial industries of South Bay City. 
The firm is composed of Hiram Hawkins and John L. Trombley, and their place of 
business is at the corner of Fortieth and Harrison streets in what is known as 
"McGraw's Store." The premises occupied consist of a double basement and 
three-story building, 50x100 feet in dimensions, of white brick, well equipped and 
convenienced for the accommodation of the trade. Their stocks are fiill and com- 
plete, embracing all lines and the choicest qualities of staple and fancy groceries, 
selected with special care for the trade supplied, with the wants of which the firm 
are entirely familiar. They also carry large invoices of imported and domestic 
cigars, chewing and smoking tobacco, provisions, produce, fruits and vegetables, and 
merchandise general to the wants of an exacting class of patrons. Their goods in 
every department are of the bett and purest descriptions, and are purchased in such 
amounts that the trade benefits by the rebate always allowed heavy buyers at first 
hands. The location of the firm, the inducements for the reasons cited, they are 
able to offer together with the class of commodities handled, the liberal terms con- 
ceded and the honorable methods enforced have conspired to build up a large trade 
in Bay City, as also among the kimber and farming industries of this portion of the 
State, requiring the employment of a full staff of clerks and salesmen to supply. 

The members of the firm are representative citizens and merchants, whose suc- 
cess is a modest acknowledgment of their commercial and individual worth. 



BABCOCK & BABCOCK. 



^Vall Paper, Paints, Oils, Artists' Materials, Etc.— Xo. 405 Center^Ave. Root|Blk. 

A notable and enterprising business house in the line of artists' materials, etc., 
established in 1887. is that of Babcock & Babcock, the firm being composed of E. V. and 
George R. Babcock, father and son. The senior partner has been for years intimately 
identified with superior lines of work in Bay City and vicinity. They occupy com- 
modious premises in the Boot block at No. 405 Centre avenue, 30x70 feet, two 
stories high and fully fitted up with every appliance and facility for the accom- 
modation of the complete and select stock carried, for the convenience of work in 
their line, and the transaction of business. Their supplies include artists' materials, 
studies and pictures; picture frames, mouldings, decorations, curtains, curtain 
poles, and stationery; wall paper, paints, oils and brushes; plate-glass, knick- 
knacks, etc., etc., in great variety and of superior excellence. They accept contracts 
for frescoing, interior decoration and wall papering, not only in the city and 
vicinity, but at points within a radius of one hundred miles, successfully competing 
with Detroit and eastern houses, and at present engaged in the executioo of work in 
their line, in remote parts of the Northeast and Northwest. Their specialty also, is 
the setting of large plate-glass, work requiring skill and trained experience to handle, 
and of which they enjoy a monopoly. They employ fifteen competent assistants and 
the business foots up largely each year. The house is the headquarters of the Bay 
City Rubber Stamp Works. 

THE MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY. 



M.'J. Thomas, Proprietor— Xo. 717 \*'ater St. Opp. Fraser House. 

If cleanliness is next to godliness, there is no possible reason why residents of 
the Bay Cities, in respect to their apparel, should be at all removed from a condition 
so desirable and accessible. The cities are the several localities for a number of 
first-class laundries, the success of which not only attests their worth but public 
confidence in the truth of the proposition above cited. One of the leading establish- 
ments in this line is "The Model Steam Laundry," started by Mr. M.J. Thomas, 
in June, 1888, and conducted by Mr. Thomas with increasing profitable results. He 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 141 

occupies the basemeut and main floor of the building at No. 717 Water street, 
opposite the Fraser House, a location of unsurpassed worth, the premiseB being 
25x100 feet in dimensioue, and amply equipped with all the latest improved laundry 
machinery and appliances. The work done under his supervision is of the best 
description, no chemicals bein^r employed in the process, and the same care exercised 
in procuriuf,' the desired result as in the best re^'ulated lioueeliold. His specialty is 
boat and hotel work, but he is prepared to fill orders from all sources promptly and 
without the vexatious delays not infrequently experienced by patrons dependent 
upon similar establishments. He gives employment to a force of twenty hands, 
and is engaged in ministering to an extensive demand. In addition to headquarters 
here Mr. Thomas has nine agencies outside Bay City. 



C. M. CURRY. 



Dealer iit the l^i;;!!! Itiiniiiue l>onie!!«tir t^ewing Machine— HIO Water Nt. 

The earliest manufacture of the Domestic sewing machine, the well-known and 
highly esteemed article of household utility and domestic economy, dates back 
twenty-five years or more, when the same was commenced under private auspices, at 
the village of Norwalk, Huron County. Ohio. The plant was subsequently 
disposed of by William A. and Frank Mack to Bhike Brothers, and removed 
to Scranton, Pa., thence to New Haven, Conn., with the main office at Union Square, 
New York City, and subordinate oftices in every city in the country. The busi- 
ness in Bay City is directed by Mr. C. M. Curry, who established an office here in 
1872, and to whose energy, enterprise and intelligent administration of affairs, the 
"Domestic" is indebted for its prominence and the large trade that has been built up. 

He is located at No. 810 Water street, occupying the main tloor, 2uxlO(J feet in 
dimensions, and possessing complete and convenient accommodations for the display 
of goods and the transaction of business. He carries an ample supply of machines, 
and their equipments and improvements. His field of operations includes Bay City 
and Bay County as territory, and his sales have an aggregate of machines, large in 
number and steadily increasing each year. He deals also in paper patterns and 
dress forms, manufactured by the Domestic Company, and distributes thousands of 
copies of the company's fashion publication, The Stvm:, annually. No pains are 
spared to render the utmost satisfaction in every respect to customers, and the 
flourishing trade secured is emphatic evidence confirmatory of the premises. Mr. 
Curry has been a member of the First Baptist church for many years, and is other- 
wise connected with affairs that promote the moral and material welfare of the com- 
munity. 

FRED. MOHR. 

IIutM, Ca|»N, OentN' Fiii-iiiMhiii<; <.ioo<lN, TriiiikN. Ktr.— llidlaiiU Nt. Op|>. I'o^t- 

oIVkm', W«'st Bay <'ity. 

In 188."), Mr. Fred. Mohr began merchandising in clothing, hats, caps, gents' 
furnishing goods, etc., for the supply of which West Bay City is the commercial 
center of a large and growing territory. Mr. Mohr is a comparatively recent acquisi- 
tion to mercantile circles, but his business has proved successful from its inception, 
and his influence in the Ijuildmg up and developing of the city's industrial and com- 
mercial resources, has l)pen potent and annually extending. He began operations in 
1885, and is located on Midland street, opposite the postoffice. West Bay City, one of 
the most desirable sites in the city for business purposes, in premises 2.5x100 feet in 
dimensions, perfectly appointed, and conveniently arranged, as also pui)plied with 
superior facilities, for the display and sale of his large lines of goods. These latter 
embrace clothing of the liest eastern make, in the latest style and iinish, and in the 
matter of durability unsurpassed; hats, caps, gents' furnishing goods, of the best 
material and most celebrated manufacture; satchels, grips, trunks, etc.; the goods all 
round, are in shurt, of a superior <iuality. and have secured for the house a well 
deserved reputation and he does a large and steadily increasing trade with customers in 
West Bay City, as also with transients, in addition to supplying the demands of 
farmers and patrons, throughout the adjoining territory. 



142 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 

FOSTER, POST & CO. 



Toys, afotions, Dolls, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Jewelry, Etc.— Xo. 714 

Washington Ave. 

The firm of Foster, Post & Co., consisting of Clark C. Foster, Nelson W. Post, 
and Erwin Foster, was established in Bay City during 1884, by the junior member 
of the organization, and have already attained to prominence and success. They 
are known as enterprising business men who have contributed in no small degree to 
the development of their department of trade, not only in Bay City, but at other 
points in the State. The headquarters of the house are at East Saginaw, where 
they conduct a wholesale business and carry large and varied lines of supplies with 
retail branches at Flint, Owassa, St. John, East Saginaw, and in this city. The 
latter was first located here in a building on Water street whence it was removed to 
its present site in the three-story and basement building at No. 714 Washington 
avenue, opposite the postoffice, in September, 1887, a location that cannot be sur- 
passed for convenience and accessibility and otherwise specially, adapted to the 
uses to which it is applied. The premises are 25x100 feet in their dimensions and 
divided into departments, which in proportions and equipments afford ample accom- 
modations for the purposes of display and trade. The main floor is occupied 
with general stock of the various lines of goods carried, the retail department and 
offices; the second floor with the wholesale business and the basement with full 
lines of china, glassware, crockery, woodenware, toys, notions, novelties, nick-nacks, 
etc., in general assortment of varied and diversified design and finish. The business 
is managed by Mr. Erwin Foster, a young man of energy and enterprise, to whom 
the firm are indebted for the measure of success that has accompanied their under- 
taking from its inception here. They do a large business locally, as also within a con- 
siderable radius of Bay City in all directions. 



J. G. LAETZ. 



I>ealer in Boots and Shoes— Fraser House Block, Center St. 

Although but recently established, no house in Bay City has in a short time be- 
come better known, and few en joy a better trade in its line, than theboot and shoe house 
of J. G. Laetz. For many years prior to 1887, Mr. Laetz was associated with one of 
the leading shoe stores of the city, and during that apprenticeship, he not only 
acquired an intimate knowledge of the business in its every detail, but complete 
familiarity with the requirements of the trade. In 1887, he severed his connection 
with the house referred to, and embarked in business on his own account. He is 
located on Center street, in the Eraser House block, occupying the basement and 
main floor, each being 20x70 in area, and handsomely arranged and fitted up. His 
stock is largely of eastern make, comprising a wide range of superior grades of men's, 
boys' and children's fine boots and shoes, the material and workmanship being the 
best that money and good judgment can secure, and he does a heavy retail trade in 
this city and vicinity. Among the finer grades of shoes handled by Mr. Laetz are 
Gray Bros., Sachs, Martha, Washington & Torrey, Liby, Brackett & Co., men's fine 
shoes. He makes a specialty of ladies' kid shoes, selling same at S2.00 and $3.00 per 
pair, and in which he leads all competitors. 



CHARLES BRUNNER. 



Dealer^in Groceries and Provisions— Saginaw St. Xear Center. 

The grocery and provision house of Charles Brunuer, on Saginaw street near 
Center, is the pioneer establishment of its kind in the city, and among the oldest in the 
Valley. Though a comparatively young man, Mr. Brunuer has had nearly thirty-five 
years' experience in the business, upward of twenty-two years of which he has passed 
in Bay City. His success has been decided, and his prosperity proportionately gratify- 
ing. He established himself here in 1866, and is located at the above designated site, 
the center of commercial activity, in premises two stories in height, 25x100 feet in 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 143 

dimeneious, and convenieutty equipped and appointed for the accommodation of the 
trade, to which he ministers. His stocks are hirj,'e and varied, pure in quality, and 
sold at the lowest market (potations. They embrace full lines of teas, cottees, siijfars, 
spices, canned goods, preserves, pickles, sauces, produce, provisions, fruits ai.d vege- 
tables in season, also tlour and feed. All goods carried are 8[)ecialties with Mr. Jlrun- 
ner, and from his long experience with the trade, and his continued operations with 
jobliers and other sources of supplies, he has acquired perfect familiarity with the 
requirements of the one, and perfected such arrangements with the other, that he is 
able to oflfer unsurpassed inducements to purchasers. He employs a full staff of 
clerks, and does a large business in the two cities, in addition to an extended trade in 
the surrounding coiintry. 

Mr. Bruuuer is everywhere knovvn as a man of business integrity, and his house 
is equally prominent for the quality of its commodities, and the honorable methods 
which characterize its operations. 



GEORGE F. HOOD. 



Successor to llcOerniott &. Hood— Iiisuraiioc— Xo. 5 .llcl><>i-iii<>t t ItlocU. 

Mr. George P. Hood is a conspicuous and enterprising underwriter of Bay City. 
He has been engaged in that capacity here for a number of years, first as a member 
of the insurance firm of McDermott, Hood & Kelley, subsequently as the junior part- 
ner of the house of McDermott & Hood, in the same business, and since 18S7 a.s the 
sole owner and manager of the insurance agency conducted under his individual 
name. He is located at No. 5 McDermott block. No. 705 Adams street, where he 
occupies hantlsome offices, and is fully provided with facilities for the afcommodation 
of the business to which he devotes his services. He is sole agent in Bay City for 
quite a niimber of insurance companies of acknowledged reliability, and which are 
known throughout the country for their financial re.sponsibility, reasonable rates and 
liberal concessions in the settlement of losses. Among these are the Insurance Com- 
pany of Pennsylvania, with net assets amounting in round numbers to $5(10,0(10, and 
which has paid, since its establishment in 1794, losses aggregating 815,0(10,000; of the 
Dwelling House Insurance Company of Boston, Mass., which confines itself strictly 
to dwelling and farm business, with a capital of 8300,00(J, 82.80 as.'sets as security for 
each dollar of its liabilities, and SI. 30 surplus to policyholders for every 81((l at 
risk, also, of the Cincinnati Underwriters, composed of the Eureka Fire and Marine 
and Security Fire Insurance Companies of Cincinnati, Ohio, with a cash capital of 
8250,0(^0, and a net surplus amounting to S125,552.25: and, finally, of the well known 
Westchester Insurance Company of New York, with Sl,064.(iO.S cash assets, and 8424,- 
778 surplus. From such an exhibit none seeking absolutely unassailable protection, 
upon the fairest terms, can delay action. 

Mr. Hood does a large local business and enjoys a well merited and largely 
extended reputation for enterprise and honorable dealing. 



WILLIAM WARD. 



rrnclM-nl Naw -MiiUer— Xo. 1.10 Xorth ^Vater Nt. 

Mr. Ward located in Bay City in 1865, coming from Saginaw, and during the same 
year established himself in the business which he has uninterruptedly conducted for 
nearly a quarter of a century. He is one of the [iif)neer residents, and oldest mer- 
chants dealing in saws, etc., in the present prosperous municipality, and is well 
known among the milling interests along the river, and around the lakes. His place 
of busine.HS is at No. IMO North Water street, in premises 25x100 feet in dimensions, 
provided with all re(|uisite machinery, and giving employment to a sufficient force 
to meet the demands of the service. In addition to his manufacture, Mr. Ward 
carries full and complete lines of goods in his sjiecial department, and is agent for 
the American Saw Company, being supplied with all grades and sizes of the circular 
saws of that corporation. 

His trade is in the city and throughout the lumber and milling districts of the 
State, and the house stands high, whether considered in regard to the quality of its 
output, its volume of business, or the correct methods enlisted in its management. 



144 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



TRAVIS & VAN EGMOND. 



Manufacturers Carriag^es, Wagons and liunibermen's Supplies— Cathai-ine and 
Midland Sts.-M^est Bay City. 

No manufacturing establishment in West Bay City is more favorably known or 
more highly esteemed than the carriage and wagon factory of Travis & Van Egmond. 
It was established during October, 1887, by N. Travis and H. Van Egmond, compos- 
ing the present firm. Not only is it one of the leading industries of the city, but 
bears an important relation to the prosperity of the Valley. They are located at the 
corner of Catharine and Midland streets, convenient and prominent, where they 
occupy a two-story building 25x80 feet in dimensions, well equipped in all its depart- 
ments for the superior manufacture of all descriptions of carriages, wagons, buggies, 
sleighs, cutters and other mediums of conveyance. The materials which enter into 
their construction are the best qualities of hardwoods, thoroughly seasoced and 
adapted to the service, while the construction itself is after the most approved pat- 
terns and the latest designs for comfort, style and durability. They also do all kinds 
of job work, exercising the same skill and care in that branch of the business, and 
making a specialty of horse-shoeing in which line of work they are unsurpassed. 
They employ a competent force of assistants, and by strict integrity and first-class 
workmanship, have established a reputation that has commended their services to a 
large patronage in West Bay City, and throughout the Valley. 



D. P. CLARK. 



Ai'cliitect and Superintendent— *o. 413 and -ll-l Phoenix Block. 

One of the leading architects in Bay City, is D. P. Clark. He is a student of the 
art, learned in his profession, and has been deservedly successfvil in contributing to 
the architectural superiority of the city, and the surrounding country. He began 
the practice of the profession in 1880. Prior to that date, he was for many years 
engaged in building, in connection with which his knowledge of architecture was 
afforded an extensive field for practice and originality of design. In the latter year, 
however, he turned his attention exclusively to designing and superintending the 
erection of buildings, the latter being done by contract, in which his familiarity with 
the requirements of their construction, affords him unusual advantages. He brings 
to the aid of his professional attainments, a thorough knowledge of the science of 
building, and has made a special study of its application, to all the departments of 
architectural development and improvement. 

Among the more prominent of his successes, is the Phoenix block, the largest 
and most elegant business edifice in the city, and the Bay City Library building 
here; a Methodist church edifice erected in West Bay City, at a cost of S 20,000; the 
Baptist church, the Kusch business block, the Loose block, and the residence of the 
Hon. John Welch, all in West Bay City; a church at Greenville costing §20,000; a 
similar edifice at Flint, costing $12,000; and a $9,000 business block at West Branch, 
in addition to many private residences, etc., here and elsewhere. Mr. Clark is now 
completing an office building for Congressman-elect Wheeler, which for beauty of 
design is not surpassed by any similar structure in the Valley. 

He is located at No. 413 and 414 Phoenix block, where he has every facility for 
furnishing designs, plans and specifications, and offers his services to those requiring 
work in his line, at the most reasonable cost. 



FRANK BATEMAN. 



' JDruggist— Astor House Block— Soutli Bay City. 

The absolute necessity for pure drugs and of skill and familiarity in the compound- 
ing of prescriptions, are among the more invaluableessentials required in the domain of 
pharmacy. The knowledge by the public of establishments possessing these requisites, 
is not less valuable, because of the confidence inspired and the success thereby assured. 
Among the leading drug houses in Bay City, making such features of the business 
specialties, and enjoying a wide-spread reputation for their possession, is that of Mr. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



14i 



Frank Bateman in the Astor House block, South Bay City. The store was formerly 
cinirmMSMuB circles. In the present n,,dertakiuB he a.rec.sanUBUpemses 

unsurpassed. . 

ED. O'CONNOR. 



neater in C.roeeries and Provi«i«nH, VegetableH. Fruitn and OysterH-Ko. lOH 

Center St. 

nn« of the enterorisiug grocery and provision houses of Bay City, as also one of 

t^-pt^S: Lfsg^^ 

stock earned is not only laree »"' '" J"Jj'""^j|^e„lg,'^^mporteU and domestic, 
pa^nroT^^e^rruS- -1 de"sS7^t,^n7;rfve.etaWel and truHs, etc., a. 

interests. 

LEFEVRE HOUSE. 



Frank I.crev.-,.. IT,,,.. -W..hl.,Kt.n Ave. be.. Fir.. «.. »...■ « ....l»i.l.- Ave. 



structures in that portion of the ^'^y\J^%'l^'^'"IZ\. ^^^,-,^^ ,,,e used for sleeping 
dining and reception rooms, also the ':>'''^- f;;^^j;,P ^J 'j "^Votherw convenient 

m'^;^:r-Trc.S';f^«^^ 

rporaot?o:iffil^:,1t.d JU'atV'^^VsSaS ^U transient trade. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



14' 



P. C. SMITH. 



l>«-al«'r ill <iir«M-4>ri4-M. I*r<>\ iNioiiM aii«l Flour Ni'coiiil Nt. \\'«>Mt Itn.t <'it.>. 

The K'rocery aud provision houee of P. C. Smith is one of the largest and beet 
patronized in West Hay City. It was establislied by Mr. Smith in 18K3, and its 
success became instant, and has contiuned through the succeeding years. lie is 

located on Second 
street, in the First 
ward, an available site 
for the trade to the 
supply of which he 
contributes, where he 
occupies i)remise8 two 
stories high aud 'J5x- 
150 feet iu dimensions. 
The store is conveni- 
ently arranged and ap- 
pointed, completely 
e(iuipi)ed with all fa- 
cilities necessary to the 
sale and shipment of 
goods, and otherwise 
desirable. A heavy 
stock is kept on hand 
and fresh supplies are 
received daily, thus 
enabling Mr. Smith 
not only to fill all 
orders promptly, but 
to sell at prices and 
upon terms advanta- 
geous to customers. 
His lines of goods 
include groceries, both 
staple and fancy, pro- 
visions, flour, mess 
pork and beef, hard- 
ware, packing lard and 
machinery oils, canned goods, general supplies, etc., obtained from first hands and of 
the best (lualities and descriptions. He makes boat supplies a specialty, and his 
facilities, embracing telephone service, to respond to requisitions from this source, 
are unrivalled. He does a large and constantly increasing trade in the two cities, 
and his operations in marine circles are equally extensive aud growing in volume. 

Mr. Smith is an old resident of West Bay City, having located here in 185t), and 
an experienced merchant, specially familiar with the requirements of the trade. In 
addition to his present enterprise, he is head of the tirm of Smith Sc Boutel, pro- 
prietors of the Saginaw Bay Towing Association, and has been identified with the 
growth and development of the Saginaw Valley for upward a third of a century 




BOUTEL.— SEE SAGINAW BAY TOWINO ASSOCIATION. 



SAGINAW BAY TOWING ASSOCIATION 



Niiiilli A Koiitcl. I'rtiiirit'tofM I*. ('. Nniitli*^ <'onl I>(m-U. ^%'4>>.| |ta> I'it.'v— iiiul 
^Vutor Nt. Foot of First. Hay <'ilA. 

The demand for facilities for towing purposes. l)rouglit into existence the 
Saginaw Bay Towing Association, which was established a luimber of years ago by 
P. C. Smith and 15. Boutel, c(mipo8ing the firm of Smith .V Houtel, under whose 
management the utility and value of the service has been increased and enhanced 
to large proportions. Both members of the tirm are familiar with the requirements 
of navigation, each having served on the lake in the capacity of master of vessels 



148 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



and other sailing craft, and experienced in the hne of operations they are now 
engaged in the conduct of. They own a fleet of powerful tugs commanded by 
experienced officers, and make the towing of rafts a specialty. Among the boats 
included in their line, are the Peter Smith, Ella Smith, Sarah Smith, S. S. Eiimmage, 
Pensaukie, Justice Fields, Niagara, Annie Moile, Luther Westover, Sea Gull, and 
others, all thoroughly seaworthy and equipped with every auxiliary necessary to 
safe and rapid transit to and from all lake ports. They do a large business in tow- 
ing logs and rafts from Canada and points north of the Saginaw River, also towing 
same from points between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, in addition to Detroit, 
Cleveland, Buffalo and other eastern and western ports. They have boom slicks 
and chains and are the inventors of the famous core boom, designed for the absolute 
security of logs in progress of transportation by preventing their becoming detached 
from the raft and sinking or drifting away. They are also prepared to furnish booms 
to owners of logs, to procure the insurance of the latter at the lowest rates, and 
generally to handle consignments entrusted to their care expeditiously and safely. 
They employ a large number of competent hands and during the season of navigation 
are constantly in commission, handling an average of 300,000,OUO feet of logs per summer. 
The association under the management of Messrs. Smith & Boutel, has secured 
an established reputation for enterprise and progress, and is one of the most valuable 
and influential in its field of operations around the lakes. The company's main 
office is on Water street, foot of First, Bay City, where Mr. Boutel gives his personal 
attention to the management; the other office is at P. C. Smith's coal dock. West Bay 
City, where P. C. Smith carries on an extensive business in boat stores and provisions. 



ARLINGTON HOUSE. 



Tlionia»« Toohey. I'l-oju-ietor 



al!!io liuniheriiian and Contractor 
and Jolin >^t8. 



-Corner Liiun 




The Arlington House, the 
leading hotel of West Bay 
City, is the successor of the 
Bunnell House, which was 
first erected in 1867. It was 
burned the same year, but 
rebuilt immediately, brick 
being substituted for frame 
and opened in June, 1868. 
During September, 1882, the 
name of the house was 
changed from the "Wells" 
to that by which it is now 
known and the year follow- 
ing it, was purchased by 
Thomas Toohey, who has 
since managed and directed 
its conduct, refitting and 
~ refurnishing the house 
throughout, and resolving 
it ifito one of the cosiest and 
most attractive resorts of its 
kind in the city. The prem- 
ises occupied consist of a 
substantial three-story brick 
edifice, having a frontage of 
60 feet on Linn street with a 
depth of 100 feet on John 
street, a location of unsur- 
passed desirability, being 
contiguous to the banking, 
. e ATT i. T, ^., business and manufacturing 

centers of West Bay City, and adjacent to the postoffice and lines of transportation, 
ilie main floor is occupied with the office, reading, reception and dining rooms, also the 
oar ana billard halls, and the refectory. Broad stairways lead to the second floor, on 



THOMAS TOOHEY. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



149 



which handeomely appointed parlors, furnished in the latest modem style, with sam- 
ple rooms and chambers en suite are located, while the upper story is devoted to 
sleeping apartments, supplied with luxurious accommodations and equipped with 
every convenience that will, even remotely, contril)nte to the comfort of the oconpants. 
The dininp room is a most attractive banquet hall, with cai)acity to comfortably 
accommodate eighty guests, and the menu is nuule up of all the substantials aucl deli- 
cacies to be obtained in the market, furnished in abundance, well cooked and artistic- 
ally served. The house is in all respects adapted to the requirements of the trade 




and special pains are taken to realize to patrons the fullest fruition of comfort and 
pleasure during their sojourn. The house can entertain sixty guests, and enjoys a 
large transient custom, in addition to an equally extensive clientele of boarders. 
Its rates are one dollar and fifty cents per diem. 

Mr. Toohey is a pioneer resident of West Bay City, and i)rior to his purchase of 
the Arlington, was proprietor of the well known and popular Toohey House. He 
is accomplished in the art of keeping hotel, and enjoys a well-earned reputation for 
hospitality, find attention to the comfort of his patrons. 



WILLIAM KEITH. 



Slarine Insurance -Xo. 70'.i Xortli Mater >»t. 

At a port of entry like Bay City, the business of marine insurance is not only 
necessary, but indispensable to success in every department of commercial and 
manufacturing endeavor. To supply such demand here, agencies have been estab- 
lished, the operations of which are limited exclusively to issuing policies providing 
for protection against risks encountered by marine interests. One of the oldest and 
most prominent agencies of this character, is managed by Captain William Keith. 
He is a native of Michigan, and, having sailed the lakes for twenty years and 
upwards, located here in 1H70, and opened a marine insurance, vessel agency and 
commission house. His place of business is at No. 703 North Water street, where he 
serves the demands of a large and increasing patronage. He is the local agent for 
the Western Assurance Company of Toronto, Canada, with cash assets of -^ l,()64,(iiKS, 
and whose specialty is the insurance of cargoes; also representing the firm of Smith 
& Davis, of Buffalo — the largest insurance house on the lakes, whose specialty is 
the insurance of hulls, and to whom he turns over all risk.s undertaken upon crafts 
at this and adjoining ports : companies of which O. F. Flint, of ButTaio, is ( Jeneral 
Manager. In addition to these, he is the shi{)ping agent of the Michigan Salt Asso- 
ciation, shipping the product of the ditlerent salt works of tlie Saginaw Valley, in 
carload lots, to the order of consumers, and is also heavily interested in lake and 
other interests. 



150 THE INDUSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



M. KINNEY. 



Successor to K.inne.v & liambert. Hardware, Faints. Oils. Agricultural Ini- 
plcuients. Sash, Doors— 5Jos. 711 and 713 Washington Ave. 

Mr. M. Kinuey commenced business in Bay City during 1882, as senior partner 
in the hardware house of Kinney & Lambert. This organization was preserved 
until February, 188S, when the firm dissolved, Mr. Lambert retiring. The house 
has always stood very high with commercial, financial and manufacturing circles, 
the trade also enjoying a reputation for the quality and variety of its stock and 
business methods that has served to extead and increase its business annually. Mr. 
Kinney occupies the three-story and basement building at Nos. 711 and 713 Washing- 
ton avenue. The main floor is 25x100 feet in dimensions, the basement and two 
upper floors, being each 50x100 feet, and the premises in their entirety, representing 
an aggregate of 17,500 square feet of floor room, divided into departments, heavily 
stocked and equipped with elevator service, as also other conveniences. The main 
floor is used as a display room for heating and cooking stoves, ranges, tinware, 
jappauned ware, etc., the second floor to light hardware and cutlery and the third 
floor for manufacturing purposes. 

The stock carried emljraces full and select lines of stoves, ranges, paints, oils, 
glass, sash, doors, blinds, housekeepers' and builders' hardware, cutlery, notions, etc., 
in great variety; agricultural implements and farm wagons, the two latter being 
stored in premises adjoining the main store, specially adapted to that object. Mr. 
Kinney conducts one of the largest and most widely known establishments in his 
line in the Lower Peninsula. In addition to the classes of stock handled, he operates 
a branch for the manufacture of tin, copper, sheet and galvanized iron ware on the 
top floor of the building occupied, which is supplied with all necessary machinery 
and tools and which turns out a large product annually. 



E. H. VEDDER. 

Prescription IJruggist— Midland and Walnut Sts.— West Bay City. 

One of the oldest and most reliable drug houses in West Bay City, dating its 
origin back twenty years and more, is that of E. H. Vedder, at the corner of Midland 
and Walnut streets. The business was established about 1868, by W. W. Vedder, 
brother of the present proprietor, and up to 1883, he conducted the enterprise with 
success and the skill that accompanies professional superiority. In 1883, however, 
he died, and Mr. E. H. Vedder succeeded to the ownership and management of the 
enterprise. He is a gentleman of long experience, education and thoroughly 
familiar with the science of pharmacy, as also with the demands of the trade. His 
career has been prosperous, and has secured to himself and his business a reputation 
both deserved and established. He is located at the corner of Midland and Walnut 
streets as above stated, his store, 25x100 feet in size, being handsomely fitted up 
and equipped with every convenience, and carrying large stocks. His specialties are 
pure drugs and chemicals, also the preparation of prescriptions. In the former 
department he has the choicest lines of the commodities mentioned, also handling 
the best medicaments, extracts, patent medicines, standard preparations, druggists' 
sundries, and the almost endless varieties of articles to be obtained in a first-class 
establishment of the character. In the compounding of prescriptions he cannot be 
excelled. 

Manufacturer and Dealer in 

LWMBEK, LATH AND SALT, 

WATER STREET, NEAR SOUTH CENTER, 

SOUTH BAY CITY, - - MICHIGAN. 



INDEX TO REPRESENTATIVE HOUSES. 



57 
US 



140 



73 
12.S 
li:i 
1(1') 
111) 

7S 
120 

'.(« 

i:« 
t)3 
77 
127 
147 
123 

HO 
44 

9H 



Ablowilz Bros.. Clothing - 

Am.'s A M.-AUist.T, Heal Esttite 

H^ic.'^kAHial'n.'k.Artist's'mlteriiai^Paiiit^ 

OilHandWiill PaixT.. -- ., 

Hassin«\v;iit.',.). K. A Co.. Livery — '- 

Uat.Miiiiii, Frank, Dru^siet --.- --- " 

Kiu^m^'a^t.■u, Daniel, Grocer. - ^^^ 

Bay Cit> Hank r.-H il""^5;A;^''i 11' 

Bav Citv 15e.f Co. ( L. ComweU, Prop.) ii- 

Bay City Biis^y Works. ^^^., 

Igli;^ El^,SvL:-H:Griffin)-:::::::::::: i?" 

Bav<'ity Sti'ain BotthnK Works 

Bay Co'uity Milk Association... 

l?ay ('.unity Savings Bank -- 

Bav National Bank .- --- 

Boil's Musical Art Emporium ---.---- 

Bennett A Walter, Lumber Commission. 

Benson, F. W. & Son, Fish . 

Bertch. Louis & Son, Meat Market 

Bentel, Robert, Fish. _. 

Bissell & Mather, Hardware.... -• 

Bothe, Auk. J. & ('o-. Cry floods 

BousfieM cV- Co., Woodenware, Ktc 

Boutel, B.,Sa;,Mna\v'rowinK Assoeiation 

Bra.ld. ok. Batemau & (\.., Cif-'ar Mufrs... 
Bradley, C. H. & Co., Lumber Inspectors and 

BrmUey?N. B.' & Sons; Lumber and Salt Mf rs".". 

Brcitmever, Charles, Florist .. 

Bdiham, Aiues.V Hoa. ley. Heal Estate. 2? 

Briuham & Tasker, Insurance ^^^ 

Briscoe 15. H. cfcCo., BoxMnfis. «^ 

lirotherton. W. L & Co.. Wholesale Grocers. . 47 

Brunner, Charles, Grocer - --- J*- 

lS^SiorG.7p..p:Hrun^ickH;i.ise: 119 

Burnham,S.E.. Boat Builder ii;' 

Burroughs, E. E., Livery --—- - J*? 

Campau. F. X., Dry Goods, Etc -- 1^ 

Campbell House ,.,o 

Campbell, J. B., Grocer .....— -. — -- \-^ 

Chicago Shoe House (Danziger Bros.) "i 

Clark D. P., Architect .- ----- ^tZ 

Cole & Holt. Bay City and Alpena Steamers.. .3 

Commercial Bank - n^ 

Corwin. .Tames H- Insurance ..-. '^ 

Cornwell, L., prop. Bay ( ity Beef Co 11- 

Coumans, Louis P., Slioes . '"w^Vi;;" uT 

Crosbie, Wm., Carriage and Wagon Works.- 91 

Crowley & Kaiser, Iron Works.. •" 

Curry, C. M., Sewing Machines i*| 

Danziger Bros., Chicago Shoe House - 101 

Daunt & Sharp, Carriage ai.<l Sleigh Mnfrs... ,^ 

Davidson, Capt. James Ship Builder 43 

Detroit, Bav City and Alpena Line --------- '-J 

Dolsen. ( 'hapin i < 'o., Lumberand Salt Mnfrs. 104 

ill 

.. 12.1 

.. 137 

. 62 

.. 8'» 

.. 107 

Estate 11- 



Drake, John, Insurance. . -- 

Eddy, Avery & Eddy. Lumber and Salt 
Eddy Brothers A Co., Lumberand Salt.... 
Elliott, RolH-rt, Carriage Manufacturer.... 
Emerson, C. M.. Saw Manufacturer .- 

Emery & McLaughlin, ( oal. Lime, Etc.--. 
Emrich.G. A., Grocer ----- 

Jia^fe^liJ^i:^;;!;;;.^.^ li: U:"inside front cover 

Floeter, P. C. \ Co.. Arclntect.s -' 

Folsom & Arnold, Lumber and ttelt.....-- "* 
Foss E. B. AC... Lumberand Planing Mill 139 
Fo-ster, Post ACo.,Toys. NotionsCrockery.Etc 14- 
Frank, Jno. C., Carriage Manufacturer i-^ 



83 
51 
128 
Dressed Beef lU 



Garland, M., Saw Mill Machinery & Supplies, 69 

Gilmore, W.S., Banker --- «» 

Gordon, Josepli, Vess.l Agent and Insurance, 90 

Grabowsky, S., Jeweler. .. rAKi;:™Ji; 

Great Eastern Clothing House (Ablowitz 
Griffith, L. H., Bay City Laundry .--- 137 

GriswoldVAlberVB.; ciiiiia and'Crockery Ware 114 
Gustin, K. P. ACo., Wholesale Grocers and 

Commissiim Merchants. 

Hall J. H., Salt and Shingles - 

Ham'et, O. F., Lumber Inspector . 
Hammond, Standisli A Co.. Dressed 

Handy Bros., Box Manufacturers. •«> 

Hargrave, E. J. A Son, Luniber and bjilt IL 

Hargrave, Haven A Co.. Shingle Mnfrs 117 

Hawkins, J. K. A Co., Grocers '^ 

Hawkins A Trombley. Grocers. - ..------- "" 

Hawlev A Fitzgerald, Dry Goods, Wholesale 

anilketail >^ -.-, 151 

Heinlein, Henry, Jr. Tailor .. . .— l|l 

Hitchcock & Bialy, Lumber and Lath 1^ 

Hodgkins, W. W., (irocer... i"^ 

Hood, Geo. F., Insurance "" 

Hull ATilton, Druggists ----■--;-. "' 

Industrial Works, Railroad Machinery 137 

Irwin, R. W., R<'al Estate and Insurance -- 
Jeunison A Co., Hardware, Agncultuial Im- 

KaS A I'ni^vley, Wesl'Bay CUy"lr<^n W^^rks 
Keith, William, Marine Insurance. 
Kelly. William, Mansion House... 

Kinney. M., Hardwan- Ktc 

Laetz, J. (i.. Boots and Shoes 

Lefevre House ------ --v' 

Lewinstein, A. W., Clothing 

Littauer, S., Bottler.. ^ 

Loose Win."." FuVJnni'I-eand'Funeral Director 64 

Lumbermen'.- State Bank "J 

Maas, A. C, Tailor ^-° 

MalierAFlajole. -..-. ---- "•-* 

Manstield, Geo. W., Grocer - »< 

Mansion House .»g 

Marine Iron Co.... -.-- uu 

Mason & Beach, Druggists. ...-. - ^ 

Maxwell, Robert, Steamboat Agent.. - io» 

McCaskill, Trombley A Brown, Lumber and ^^ 

McDonald," J.' N .' A Son, Flou r MiVls . . ----.-- «^ 
McKinnon Manufacturing ( o.. Boiler Makers 

anil Machinists ,,; 

McL.-nnan, John A Son, Lumber UJ 

Met'ker H. K. A Co., (irocer '•■ 

Merrill,' Fitield A Co., Wholesale Grocers. 59 

M.chigAutVntral R. R Inside back cover 

Mili:^ASi;!M..fr;;Lun^ 

Mod.-l Steam Laundry (M.J. Thomas) 140 

Mohr, Fred. Gents' Furnishers ... ---------- »\ 

Moslier A Fisher, Lumber and Pino Lands •>•> 
Slunn,Thos., Saw Mill Machinery .. . -- 10» 

Mvers,(ieorge ( '.. Mnfrs. Lumber and Salti. .. .»0 

NVitional Boih-r Works, ( Maher A Flajolet .. . 13.. 
Newcombe. Wm. H., Blacksmith and ( amage ^^ 

Ni'chofs ASangle, Hiirness Manufacturers. . . . 4« 

Obey, I. A Co.. Li-pior Deiders ";' 

O'Connor. Ed., (Iroc.T ":{ 

Odell.O.W., Campbell House.. ...--- >^- 

O'Neill, E. J., Veterinarian, Livery and H«ue 
Stable 



92 

90 

53 

149 

136 

150 

142 

145 

55 

73 



49 



152 



THEIINDVSTRIES OF THE BAY CITIES. 



Palace Livery Stable ( Frank E. Tyler) 130 

Parsons Lumber Co., Wholesale Lumber 125 

Pearsall, J. D., Undertaker and Coroner 120 

People's Drug Store 86 

Perkins, A. B. & Co., Fruits and Produce ltJ9 

Perry, D. B., Druggist .-. 54 

Perry & Swaby, Druggists 55 

Personal Security Bank 66 

Pitts & Cranage, Lumber, Lath and Salt 61 

Pratt, Robert S., Insurance 121 

Pratt & Koeppe, Architects 67 

Representative Houses 43 

Rhodes, Charles E., Jeweler 92 

Richardson, W. D., Music, Books, Etc.. 63 

Riegel, M., Grocer 110 

Rochester Shoe House, Boots and Shoes 102 

Root, Wtlliston & Co., Wholesale Lager Beer. 57 

Rose & Levis, General Merchandise 131 

Rosenbury, C. E., Furniture and Crockery 48 

Ross, Bradley & Co., Lumber 44 

Rouech House, A. N. Rouech, Propr 126 

Rouse, Wm. B., Lumber and Salt 96 

Ruelle, I. & Co., Furniture, Crockery, Etc 126 

Russell Bros. & Co., Box Manufacturers and 

Planing Mill 113 

Saginaw Bay Towing Association 147 

Scheurmann, R., Shoes 118 

Second National Bank 45 

See Brothers, Furniture 65 

Seligman & Rossman, Clothiers 64 

Sempliner, H. L., Gents' Furnisher 94 

Shearer Bros., Real Estate 79 

Sherman, W. D., Livery Stable 93 

Shore Boats ( Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Line) 73 

Simons, L. M. & Co., Furniture, etc.. 121 

Smallev Bros. & Co., Engine, Saw Mill and 

Saltworks Machinery 52 

Smalleys & Co., Lumber 116 

Smith Bros. & Co., Lumber and Salt 79 

Smith, P. C, Groceries, Provisions, Etc 147 

Smith & Boutel, Proprs. Saginaw Bay Towing 

Association 147 

Spear, E. A., Grocer... 138 



Standard Hoop Co., West Bay City 51 

Standard Machine Works 69 

Stover Larkin & Co., Hardware, Cutlery. Etc. 106 
Styninger, J. A., Copper and Sheet Iron Pipe, 

Etc _- . 124 

Swart, S., Jeweler,.: 136 

Thatcher & Olmsted, Grocers 135 

Thompson Jay & Co., Dry Goods, Groceries, 

Boots, Shoes, Etc 118 

Thomas, M.J., Model Steam Laundry 140 

Toohey Thos., Prop. Arlington House, Lum- 
berman and Contractor 148 

Tousey & Turner, Pine Lands, Logs and Tim- 
ber 56 

Travis & Van Egmond, Carriages and Wagons 144 

Trombley, A.. Mineral Waters 69 

Tyler, Frank E., Palace Livery Stable 130 

Ueberroth & See, China and Glassware 84 

Vail & Eddy, Hats, Caps, Furs, Etc 81 

Valley Iron Works, 205 Saginaw 52 

Valley Soap Co. (McLean & Westover) 74 

Van Emster, F. H. J., Druggist 139 

Van Liew, E. S., Real Estate 109 

Vedder, E. H.. Druggist _ 150 

Von Hermann E,. & Co., Drugs 132 

Von Walthausen. G. L. Frederick, Druggist. . Il6 

Wands, F. L., Insurance.. _ 119 

Ward, William, Saw Maker 143 

Watson Bros. & Tossell, Plumbers 60 

Weber, H. W. & Bro., Hardware and Stoves.. 135 
Webster & Pettapiece, Abstracts and Real 

Estate 103 

Welch. John, Lumber 53 

West Bay City Iron Co. (Crowley & Kaiser) . 53 
West Bay City Manufacturing Co., Lumber .. .54 

Wheeler, Frank W., Ship Builder 86 

Whitney it Plum, Manufacturers, Crackers 

and ( 'onfi'flionery 107 

Wilhclin, Julius, Cigar Manufacturer 128 

Wilson llooj) Co.. __ 98 

Wrege & Flues, Guns and Sporting Goods 134 

Young American Clothing House 55 



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RUBLISHERS MND ENGRM^ERS. 



CATALOGUES SENT UPON APPLICATION. 



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